Streamlight Sidewinder Military Flashlight Review

This little thing is clutch. I have this attached to my flight gear. White, blue, green and IR.

The watch in the opening frames is interesting, what is its story? Personally, I'm getting burned out on flashlights. Do you have a anything on home defense smoke grenades? What's the best camo pattern for indoors? Also, for a tip, I painted my firearms with the same wall paint/color of the wall I hang them on. They are completely invisible. Got rid of all of my safes and corny gaudy hidden firearm furniture and now have a firearm on every wall. Stealthy!

Why is there not an Amazon link to get a kickback Sootch?

Dude, you are super hairy!
Great video as usual

Great Review with Beautiful music like as always! I hope It is possible buy it in Czech Republik CZ75 country where I live. Thanks for the tip. Good Luck – I like your videos…

Huge fan of Streamlight products. Thanks for showing this Streamlight sidewinder Sootch00. I need to get one for my bugout bag. As always long live the republic my friend.

Great light! Used one for hunting for many years until the Sidewinder Compact came out.

I really enjoy your videos Mr. Sootch. I even buy an item you review on occasion.

I had problems with the battery compartment on mine. The screw that holds it shut stopped working. Other than that, I really liked it.

I owned & own a few of these, it has great capabilities but the thing is too bulky.

Real test… do they melt like the old military flashlights when exposed to DEET?

I have both the Sidewinder and Sidewinder Compact. This one seems to ride better on vests and packs, plus the batteries are available more universally. HAs anyone looked at the Sidewinder Rescue? May ride even better.

There's also a CR123 version if one were inclined to want all devices to share a common battery.

Great little light, liked and shared!

Approved for military? Which military and by whom? NSN number please?

These also were issues to the Dutch Air Force but they broke really quickly

Is there a UK option to get this?

Can anyone tell me what the watch is in the thumbnail?

I would like to you throw all the lights you have tested into the pool, all at once.

I have had one of these for 5 or 6 years and beat it to heck and back. Coming from calabash NC I'd say my light has seen a lot of salt water and shrimp juice and lord knows how much mud but it still works like new it's a great light.

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Neat light and thanks for the helpful review

I been thinking getting one for my vest for duty but now I see when you drop it then you lost it if in a dark environment unless you have a backup

wow at that price I would prefer surefire polymer. 20 bucks and just durable as can be. AA is nice, but CR 123 is in my system.
Olight would be my choice for 50 dollars, and the magnet bat cover is very useful.

The fact is; waffles and pancakes are yummy. I bet you didn’t have lite syrup.

I liked the ones we had. They work well.

Had one in the Marine Corps $75 worth of garbage.

I was issued this light three times. It's a good light but I had problems at about the third time I changed the batteries. The metal threaded piece that the battery cap cable would thread into would come dislodged. The battery cap would never fit properly despite gluing it back. It never worked right after it broke. This happened 2 of the three lights I used.

The one thing that gives me pause are the detents on the swivel head. How long are they going to last before that wears down and the head just flops around?

Do you have the same problem with patreon posting discounts codes.. because the gun collector is getting screwed by patreon

Was this a Military Surplus Review? It was the 2nd generation of the original angle head flashlight.

I was a door gunner in a CH-47D helicopter in Afghanistan and I had this same light on my flight vest. I loved using it. It was great under NVGs.

I'm a general aviation pilot and this light was the first thing I bought for night flying. I have the one with the green LED. I also have the glow in the dark cap that goes on the light end.

SHOW!

I have one of the sidewinder headlamps/helmet mount lights. It can run on AAs or CR123s. Same features, just different power source and size —great light and very versatile.

Great idea…Just bought one.

In the late 1980s most of us ditched the angle head for the mini mag 2aa which came in a kit with a lanyard a clip an anti roll top and a red lens. You put the red lens over the other one I think and the black anti roll thing slid on top. It was just a lot smaller. The bulk of the 2D was just too much and it was also a waste of weight.

its a great light for around the camp and the compact version can also use AAA batteries as well as AA batteries and cr123a batteries – for a little extra flexibility

The ones I got issued in the Marines never worked… just my luck I get broken ones.

I know most EDC lamps have belt clips as well as this lamp does too, but one advantage I like is the fact this lamp can pivot while on your belt, and of course it being MilSpec.