In the past couple years, high-candela lights designed for long distance illumination are more widely available and represent the next evolution in LED technology. Streamlight has released several new high-performance “HP” models throughout various product lines in 2025, and the new ProTac HP-X is a compact tactical handheld with 800...
Improvements in lithium-ion battery technology have enabled compact flashlights to achieve significantly higher output levels and one example of these capabilities is the Streamlight MegaStream USB. Announced earlier this year at the 2025 SHOT show, this new light designed for everyday carry features a maximum output of 1,800 lumens, focused...
Taking the top spot as Streamlight’s highest performance handheld light with an output of 5,300 lumens, the ProTac HL 6 is the latest version of the ProTac HL 4 which we reviewed back in 2016. Compared to earlier versions, the ProTac HL 6 uses the new SL-B48 battery with almost...
With the release of the Streamlight Strion 2020 in early 2024, several of the new features from the Stinger 2020 has finally made it to the Strion family of compact rechargeable lights. The new mode selector switch now eliminates the need to cycle through output levels and the battery status...
SureFire’s Turbo Series lights feature a high-intensity focused beam pattern from a compact form factor that is optimized for long-range illumination or passing through optical barriers such as tinted windows. The EDC1-DFT Turbo and EDC2-DFT Turbo are also dual-fuel lights, which means that they can be used with lithium-ion rechargeable...
As the first major upgrade to the Stinger LED family in more than a decade, the Streamlight Stinger 2020 introduces several new features including a reshaped body with anti-roll design, mode selector switch, battery status indicator, and higher capacity lithium-ion battery pack. We previously looked at the Stinger DS LED...
