lights & lasers

The TLR-6 HL is the brighter, rechargeable version of the TLR-6. It puts out 300 lumens and 4,250 candela against the original’s 100 lumens and 2,000 candela, and it runs on a rechargeable SL-B2 battery instead of two CR1/3N cells. It keeps the same small trigger guard mounting idea, so it still fits pistols with [...]

The Weltool W4 Pro TAC is an LEP (laser excited phosphor) flashlight: a laser excites a phosphor to make a very narrow, intense beam. Weltool rates it at 3,712 yards of throw; in our test it lit a cow at nearly 900 yards, and usable light reached about half the rated distance. There is almost [...]

Crafted from an aluminum alloy with a sleek anodized finish, and equipped with an IP68 waterproof and dustproof rating, the MH25Pro emerges as a formidable choice in the realm of flashlights.

A good way to start a fight amongst your friends is to bring up the subject of lights and lasers for concealed carry guns. Opinions run strong on this one, and they are all over the map. Some will tell you lasers build bad habits, and you should never have one. Some will tell you lights get in the way on a CCW piece, and you shouldn’t use one anyway. And some will just tell you that if John Moses Browning intended you to have a laser and light, he would have built one back in 1910.

Each year more weapon-mounted lights enter the market, giving consumers more options to meet varying purposes.

You can’t shoot what you can’t see, and identification can literally make the difference between life and death. Streamlight has built a solid reputation as providing innovative and reliable products at reasonable prices.

Evildoers prefer the cover of darkness for crime. With a flashlight, you control the light and have the advantage. More light provides better information. Bad things come when you stay in the dark.

A lumen has a technical definition, but generally speaking, it’s about as bright as a single candle. More importantly for this discussion, a lumen measures the total energy output of a light without regard for beam angle.

Unlike other rechargeable lights with built-in batteries, I am still able to swap batteries if I want. With a width of just under 1.25 inches. of course I wanted to give this a try.