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Flashlights are the most common illumination aid. We each own many, here are the models we brought with for our testing and review. Some of these lights have multiple brightness settings, for our testing and evaluations we used all lights at their highest power setting. |
| Fenix L2D |
 9 - 140 lumens
2 x AA batteries
56 grams |
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| Coast V2 Tactical Power Chip Torch, Model: 7736 |
 65 lumens
3 x AAA batteries
4.5 ounce |
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| Streamlight Stinger XT |
 125 lumens
rechargeable battery
11.1 ounce |
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| Streamlight TL-2 |
 78 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.2 ounces |
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| Streamlight Scorpion |
 78 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.7 ounces |
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| Surefire G2 |
 65 or 120 lumens
Two 123A batteries
4.10 ounce |
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| Surefire G2 LED |
 80 lumens
Two 123A
4.10 ounces |
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 The Surefire G2 (yellow) and G2 LED (white) |
| Surefire E2E with GG&G Tactical Impact Device (TID) |
 60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.10 ounces |
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| Surefire E2D LED body with a KL4 Scout Light Head |
 65 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.20 ounces |
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| Surefire E1B |
 5 5 or 80 lumens
One 123A battery
2.80 ounces
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| Surefire L4 |
 100 lumens
Two 123A Batteries
3.40 ounces |
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| Surefire E2D |
 60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.20 ounces |
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| Surefire E2D LED |
 5 or 120 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.70 ounces |
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Weapon Lights |
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Weapon mounted lights offer many benefits when shooting at night. In addition to the obvious illumination and sometimes lasers, weapon mounted lights let a shooter concentrate on the target and other tasks such as clearing malfunctions, movement and use of cover. Here are the weapon lights we shoot with regularly |
| Surefire X200B |
 60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
4 ounces |
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| Surefire X300 |
 110 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.7 ounces |
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| Streamlight TLR-1 |
 135 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.18 ounces |
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| Streamlight TLR-2 Light & Laser |
 135 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.72 ounces |
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| Streamlight M6 Light & Laser |
 80-90 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
3.3 ounces |
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 The Streamlight M6 mounted on a shotgun |
| Streamlight M3 |
 80-90 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
3.3 ounces |
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| Glock Tactical Light 22 Model: TAC 4065 |
 Two 123A batteries
1.8 ounces |
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| Z5 Tactical Wave Light |
 65 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.16 ounces |
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| Surefire M900A with LaRue Throw Levers |
 125 or 225 lumens
three 123A batteries |
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| Surefire M600 First Model Scout Light |
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Hands Free Lights |
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These headlamps and helmet lights didn't show up on the grid for the camera, although our eyes could see their beams on the target grid and the Night Vision device could pick up their beams (pictured). |
| Surefire HL1-B-TN Helmet Light |
 19.2 to 0.3 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.1 ounces |
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| Princeton Tec Scout Headlamp |
10 Lumens
Batteries: 4 x 2032 Lithium Coin Cell
Burn Time: Up to 48 hours
Weight: 45 g
2 blinking modes
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| Princeton Tec Matrix Headlamp |
 1-watt L.E.D
2 AA alkaline batteries |
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| Petzl Tactikka Plus Headlamp |
 Strobe mode 3 AAA 78 g |
 Red filter covers LED |
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Keychain Lights |
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These lights didn't show up on the grip for the camera, although our eyes could see their beams on the target grid. These were all too faint for photos, but since we did test them, we will include them in our review |
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Streamlight Twin-Task 1 Cell
one 3 volt CR123A
29 lumens typical with xenon bulb; 24 lumens from 3 LEDs
4 oz
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The battery may have been going out on this one during the test, we'll test it again in the future |
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Photon Micro-Light II
2 x CR-2016 batteries
6.3 grams |
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Lasers / IR |
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In order to take many of these pictures and to be safe while shooting at night we brought along some night vision equipment. Laser are a benefit when wearing night vision, here are some examples of how well lasers work as illuminators and indicators |
| Laser Devices DBAL A2 IR Laser/Illuminator / Visible Laser with LaRue Tactical Mount |
 IR pointer and illuminator |
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 Laser Devices DBAL A2 IR Laser pointing at a far hill |
| Generic Green Laser |
 One CR123 Battery |
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| Pelican IR Strobe |
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Pelican Mini Flasher
2130 IR LED
2 x L1154 Batteries
0.5 oz.
For use with NVG equipment. |
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| Chemical Light Sticks |
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Shooting in low light requires extra steps to ensure safety. We used chemical light sticks for marking the firing line, and each other. The glowing chemical lights last for many hours and can be used for many things. Here are some of the chemical light sticks we used during the review |
| Military Surplus Light Sticks |
Chemical light sticks are used for many ways in the military and police agencies. These are the same chemical lights used by military and law enforcement
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 Using chemical lights in MOLLE gear to create an illuminated marker on this chest rig |
| Infra Red Light Stick |
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We had a few IR chemical light sticks that are a dark purple color to the naked eye, but to night vision equipment they are as bright as the standard green light stick |
The IR light stick is on the far left
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 Looking at someone waving an IR chemical light stick in the distance |
 The IR chemical light is the purple one on the far left |
| "Cheap" Light Sticks |
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These cheap chemical lights are from a 99¢ store. The small packages of colored light sticks are 2 for 99¢ and the thinner longer chemical lights are 99¢ per tube of 10-16. These chemical lights worked very well. A few did not glow, but most of them did and they all worked as long as we were testing and shooting |
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