I know this has been beat to death and I don't want to dig that horse up and beat it again, so if there is a thread that answers this please share the link and I'll leave everyone alone. Want to put a Weapon light on my AR I own a Stream Light ProTac HL X PRO. Bought it a year ago never mounted it on the gun I bought it for. Now i see the Surefire scout turbo pro m640dft, looks great made in the good ole USA, alot of talking heads puffing it up (definitely for some $$$ gotta pay the bills!!) but damn expensive. My plan is run what I've got now to train etc... then see if need arises to drop the coin on the surefire. Is the Surefire really that much better?? I'm not a guy that has to have the best gear but I do like for my shit to work and be reliable. Any help guidance or opinions would be appreciated!!! Happy New Year BTW!!
Hey man, I used to be all about wanting what was considered the best, especially on that ONE rifle that is supposed to be the goto. For flashlights, that meant Surefire. After 20 years of using different lights as simple hand holds and on rifles, Ive come to the conclusion that Surefire is not the end all, be all of lights.
Make no mistake, Surefires can and do break. What drives me crazy about the Surefires is how much the switches cost. I've never had a mishap, where I broke a streamlight and thought, wow, that wouldn't have happened if it was a Surefire. What I usually think is, wow, I'm glad that was a $150 rig and not a $400 one.
What I run a bunch is the Protac rail mount 2. It's slim and light and the model where the switch and tail cap are one piece makes things simple and the switch and tail cap package is cheap. Rather than having to keep spare parts or obscenely expensive switches, I keep a few of the tailcap/switch combos on hand.
If I were you, I'd rock the HLX. It's a damn good light. If you have the model that runs the switch with integrated tail cap, I'd just advise you to use some liquid tape, the stuff that dries like rubber, and reinforce the power lead where it comes out of the tape switch.
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