Weapon Light Recommendation

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Weapon Light Recommendation

Posted: 8/11/2005 3:47:43 PM EDT

Weapon light gurus, I need you to make a recommendation on a light. Here is my criteria:

(1) Installing this on my M4. I have a Daniel Defense offset light mount coming.
(2) I prefer rear push button activation as I have an offset mount coming.
(3) I like the Surefire M3, but the price is somewhat disconcerting ($252).
(4) 125 lumens or better.
(5) 6V, lithium ion battery setup.

There seems to be a flood of brands out there from Streamlight, Surefire, Pentagon, etc.

Please make a recommendation, I guess best "bang for my buck".

Posted: 8/11/2005 3:59:57 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Weapon light gurus, I need you to make a recommendation on a light. Here is my criteria:

(1) Installing this on my M4. I have a Daniel Defense offset light mount coming.
(2) I prefer rear push button activation as I have an offset mount coming.
(3) I like the Surefire M3, but the price is somewhat disconcerting ($252).
(4) 125 lumens or better.
(5) 6V, lithium ion battery setup.

There seems to be a flood of brands out there from Streamlight, Surefire, Pentagon, etc.

Please make a recommendation, I guess best "bang for my buck".

Surefire 900 series Classic weapon light or even more economically, a standard SF 9P with a Z32 Shock Isolated bezel and Z41 clicky tailcap. Both Will fit your offset mount. Cheaper and not as cool looking as Surefire's latest millenium Weapon lights but will work just as well. Bear in mind, both are 9V setups but the P90 bulb will give you 125 lumens for a runtime of 1 hour.

BTW Calvin @ Brightflashlights is the Man.

Edited to add pic with SF 900 series Classic weapon light:

Posted: 8/11/2005 4:17:08 PM EDT

[#2]

You've got several options but first we should clear up that these high performance lights run off 3v CR123A Lithium batteries and ARE NOT the rechargeable LI-ON type. A 6v system uses two 123A's and a 9v system uses three 123A's. In an incadascent light (using the std. output lamp) the battery runtime will be approx. 1 hour and most 6v are 60-70 lumens while the 9v systems range 105 - 150 lumens.

The 9v Surefire lights that most would consider are the 9P, Classic 950, M3 or there are a couple of custom SF configurations that would be excellent.

For the PentagonLights, the X3-HA isyour choice.

And then there's the OP-9 lights from Laser Devices which is another strong contender.

All three of the above have 'clickie' switch options (& more), can be suitable for use on the AR-15 and have the desired light output you want.

Posted: 8/11/2005 6:30:13 PM EDT

[#3]

I have 2 Pentagon X2's . So far so good with them. Definetly a nice bang for the buck

Posted: 8/11/2005 11:30:21 PM EDT

[#4]

Pentagon Light, x3.

Posted: 8/12/2005 4:45:15 AM EDT

[#5]

Pentagon X3HA. 130 lumens for 60 minutes with 9v. Talk to kblagg, he got me the best deal on the net for a Pentagon. I'll never buy another Surefire light again.

**ETA** I have the Daniel Defense offset light mount also and it works great with the Pentagon light.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Weapon Light Recommendation

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