Ultimate Rifle Light Showdown! Modlite, Cloud Defensive, Surefire, Streamlight and Olight

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I especially like the part around 9:45, where he starts mumbling quietly when saying what flashlight he is using as if HE is the home intruder trying not to alert the homeowner. C'mon man, say it with your chest!

I have 3 Modlites and I'm prob going to get one for each of my rifles. The small overall package goes great with AR pistols. Perfect light for going camping with your rifle.

For me its Surefire for the win and I have them on everything……. I do have a cloud defense rein which is great outside at 100 yards…… but for my needs which is self defense, in a house or close up outside Surefire wins……. I don’t need 70,000 candela at the expense of everything else.

I LOOOOOOOOOVE A TIGHT HOTSPOT!!!! 😲😲😲

Ooooooo you bought a olight makes FUGLY lights …… 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

The best part of the olight is it also works as a frag just incase.

For those who knock the streamlight protac HLX just because it's made in China. That's fine by me. And because you refuse to buy them keeps the cost down and personally I want to thank you.

Great video man, thanks for this. No one has shown beam pattern for indoor use on the web. Most everything you find is only testing the light at range and brightness. You went over the whole gambit. Then pulled out the scale at the end to weigh the lights. Top notch man, Top notch.

Surefire wins hands down. Anyone that knows how to use a light on a gun will know why, everyone else is just marketing prey.

Edit: The streamllight will work great for those on a budget, just buy the surefire cap and with any light get a solid mount.
Hell an old M951 with an A.R.M.S. mount would work great for home defense is you need something cheap dependable and reliable.

Throw vs situational awareness…. for my home defense indoor or outdoor, I’d choose Surefire over Modlight or Cloud. There is no use case for 50/100/200 throw.

Streamlight never fail me use it for 5yrs shoot outside and indoor range thru all four season 💪

I am a weapon light junkie and watch a lot of the big name youtube reviewers and dude I have to tell you that you did a hell of a job with this video… One of the best comparison videos I've seen to date. Bravo!!

Interesting data points. Thanks.

Great review. Hard to beat the Plight Warrior X Pro for a budget build. I think I would go with the Owl if I found it on sale for $300 & didn't have to worry about the $.

Great video, exactly the info I needed 👌

I'm useing a streamlight protac HLX on my ar15 and my ar9 carbines. The ar9 carbine is my primary home defensive weapon. And both serve my needs well. A weapons light is essential or a must on every defensive longgun and on defensive handguns as well. A light will give a target identification in darkened areas for threats. I also have streamlight tlr8a flexs on my glock19 and 23 as well as my sig320c. The thousand lumens and 5000 candela is bright enough for my needs. And can light up a target out to 100 yard the tlr8 a flex has 500 lumens and is good out to 350 yards for positive ID out to 50 yards. Which is the maximum use for a handgun at least for me. Streamlight does everything I need from a weapons mounted light. At the distances I'll have to engage a hostile situation. And the truth be known a weapons mounted light needs training on to be effective and used effectively.

Cloud defense is very bright but the mounts are severely inferior Walmart china inferior! It can be used as a toy but Not on a weapon. all kinds of people complaining about the cheap aluminum screw mount!

I’ll take the not made in China one

Awesome review! Thanks for showing so many lights. Just as an FYI (and you probably already know this by now) the Cloud Rein is even more powerful than the OWL and not much different in price. IIRC it's over 10,000 candela brighter!

This was a very USEFUL review. Thanks for your time.

Also the OWL batteries are rechargeable which makes the value even better.

If the plh mod light did the well, the okw should win hands down.

That range test was a most definitive test IMO. TYVM for the review.

I am new to the rifle light game and there is no 'perfect wml'. However, I think the OWL is the one to get since i don't plan on running IR/ night vision and everything is one tight albeit heavy body

Good video man.

I definitely think the surefire or streamlight for CQB/indoor on a short barrel rifle with a red dot. The modlight or owl on a carbine/rifle with a scope.

Should I get a Modlight PLH 18650 or Surefire scout m600df? Or are those too big and go with a mini scout? Have a 10.3 with 9.5 Geissele MK8 rail I want to put it on. Will mount it most likely to a unity tactical or arisaka mount.

I love my olights best bang for your buck and those suckers are reliable

what kind of batteries did you use for the Surefire?

O light is Chinese hot garbage, might stay at full power for 1 minute and Zero customer service

can you talk louder?

I don't see the links to purchase.

Thanks for that very comprehensive video review. I have a visible laser with a IR laser with an IR illuminator mounted on my AR to work with my nods, but this weekend we had an FTX where we were required to use a weapons mounted light and I didn’t have one. So I am currently shopping for one. Thanks again 🙏👍

Excellent review

Awesome review! Thank you so much!

Olight did pretty good considering it's about $200 dollars cheaper than the top 2. Modlight wins. Once again SF asking too much $ for too little in return.

Good review!

Invest in a better mic. though (might clear up you're mumbling) and ease up on the ads.

Thank you for doing all that

Thank you for the video.

The 680 lumens model okw by modlite has more throw than the plh and owl.

When they say a distance like you said to be able to positively identify at that distance, they’re using lvpo’s or some kind of magnified optic.

Excellent review.

Great review, however the biggest differences Ive seen which have been clear cut have been same test in smoke, fog, rain, twilight and reverese lighting conditions. Some are very good while others are rather disappointing. Amazing what a little enviormentals can do to a light.

Thanks for doing such a helpful video. Yours is the first I’ve seen with all of the most important lights (IMO). So, I just received the new Olight Oden. As well as the Warrior X Pro which is a bit more lumens than the regular Warrior X with tail switches for both. If you had any inclanation, I would definitely grab the Oden and test is against these lights that you have here. It comes with a mount and a locking tail pressure switch in the box.
I also wonder about the new Owl that’s coming out soon. Would be nice to test that as well against everything here!! Thanks!

Ofc the olight numbers are inflated. This is why I stick to trustworthy companies.

I shut it down after you showed that Chicom olight, trolls 🖕🏽