Weapon light

[RGERBER]

Went to PRK Saturday and bought a Glock 22 for my bedside gun, now I will be shopping for a weapon light for it.
Any suggestions would be great since I know nothing about weapons lights.

[DaveFJ80]

The first question you should be asking yourself is, do you want a hand-held light or a weapon-mounted light?

If hand-held, there's a ton of lights out there so it's good to know what size you want, weight, ergonomics, how bright you want it, price, etc.

If weapon-mounted, there's quite a few selections again. The top 2 choices among people are the Surefire X300 or Streamlight TLR-1(s) lights.


IMO, get both.... 2 is 1, and 1 is none.

[Heiko]

Streamlight TLR-1 is available for about $95. It's a nice LED light, not too expensive, and has a great warranty. You can get the TLR-1s with strobe function for a bit more but if you can live without strobe, which I believe most people can, get the TLR-1.

[Sturnovik]

Went to PRK Saturday and bought a Glock 22 for my bedside gun, now I will be shopping for a weapon light for it.
Any suggestions would be great since I know nothing about weapons lights.

If I recall surefire is more expensive but may have a longer battery life. In any case, my G17 uses a Streamlight TLR1. Extremely damn bright, great strobe but I'll never use it. It seems high quality and strong. Its only 100 bucks or so. I'd get the streamlight.

[cindynles]

The first question you should be asking yourself is, do you want a hand-held light or a weapon-mounted light?

If hand-held, there's a ton of lights out there so it's good to know what size you want, weight, ergonomics, how bright you want it, price, etc.

If weapon-mounted, there's quite a few selections again. The top 2 choices among people are the Surefire X300 or Streamlight TLR-1(s) lights.


IMO, get both.... 2 is 1, and 1 is none.

Or get a combo. I really like the Safariland RLS. I bought the mount only and put a Streamlight Polytac light in it. Amazon sells the mount only for $35 or the mount and their light for $100.

The upside: Its really easy to put on and take off; ambi; you can use any 1" diameter light.

The downside: You can't use a holster with it on.

[RGERBER]

I already own a Surefire LED hand held light so I am looking for a small light weight weapon light for my new Gen 4 G22, I have 15 rd. Preban mags for this gun that will replace the Preban 13 rd. Gen 2 G23 without rails that I have beside my bed now.
With home invasions on the rise I do not feel comfortable with only 10 rd. mags.

[evolixsurf]

ive liked the insight wx150. Had a problem with the rail too and they replaced the whole unit. Lifetime warranty... VERY bright and seems reliable(only issue was the rail got loose and wasnt tightening). I bought both of mine for around $70 used... No brainer. http://www.botachtactical.com/inwxramotale.html

[Shintao]

Handheld, and Insight HX 150. I prefer the FBI Flashlight technique and with the HX 150 if the SHTF I can use the skull crusher on the end to cause serious damage.

[BMWguy206]

I have a Glock 35 with a TLR-1 and it ran good; however, there are times though that the recoil would actually turn the light off. I now have a Surefire X300 on my Glock.

[fennecfrank]

if you have the cash, surefire x300

if you don't have that much, then streamlight TLR-1

[LBDamned]

I've got an Insight wx150, so far so good *basically happy medium between surefire and streamlight... also considered ITAC WLL1 http://itacdefense.com/ShowProductDe...&CategoryID=40

exactly the same as Sig STL-900L http://www.sigsauer.com/SigStore/Sho...&productid=285

Can be found cheaper than listed in those links

[RollingCode3]

[RoundEye]

I have GTL-23 for my G23. It is a laser\light combination with the flash light being dim-able. I find having a laser\light combination in one sleek unit is very useful.

There are some people that don't like them for various reasons, and I am not going to lie I dropped mine once and it hit the edge of my safe at a fall distance of about five feet and it broke it beyond my repair. I called Glock, mailed it back t them and they sent me a brand new one a week later. So it's still pretty good in my book.

[damndave]

I run a Streamlight TLR-1 on my Glock. Very nice beam and very bright. Best bang for the buck IMHO

[DaveFJ80]

I run the TLR-1s on both of my guns. Same light = same controls for whatever gun you grab for defense.

The other reason why I didn't go with a Surefire X300 is because it's too bright for inside of a 'normal size' house. The X300 is more of a spotlight and is almost too bright to focus your eyes on a target in a house when a threat or wall is only 10-15 ft in front of you. The TLR light acts more like a flood light and, for me at least, it's easier on my eyes in the dark to focus on a target and to see the entire room layout. Now, if I have a huge backyard or a mansion with very large common rooms, then I would opt for the brighter light. But for my everyday use, the TLR works perfectly for me.