Streamlight HLX : The BEST weapon light for most home defenders

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The Streamlight ProTac HLX pro rail mounted flashlight is an awesome rifle white light. It is perfect for home defense. It is also what I am running on my daily driver AR-15.

The HLX comes with a Pic Rail adapter normally. However, numerous MLok adapters are available for a very reasonable price. The HLX is designed to be scout mount compatible. I am running a BCM scout mount with the HLX and it is ultra secure.

The HLX Pro rail model comes with a tape switch instead of the typical push button on the base.

A bundle including an mlok rail from streamlight on amazon currently runs about $155 at the time of editing. That is a great price.

You might be tempted to instead run, say, a streamlight TLR-1 HL in place of this when you see that both are rated at 1,000 lumens. However, keep in mind the TLR-1 HL is rated at only 20,000 candella. The HLX is rated conversely at 50,000 candela, so its got quite a bit more throw, enough that it is rated to reach 447 meters.

The protac is super rugged and durable, it has stood up to quite a bit of punishment on my AR-15. I've had it mounted for about 2 years now and this thing is still going really strong.

The flashlight has both high powered and low powered modes. In the low powered 60 lumen, 3100 candela mode, the flashlight will run for 21 hours. In the high powered mode, it can run for 1.25 hours. The flashlight of course also has a strobe feature.

Dimensionally, this is probably too big to run on AR Pistol builds. On a 14.5" pin and weld build, this feels great. It would also be fine on a 13.9, but at 5.5 inches long you might want something more compact for anything shorter.

At about half the price of the surefire scout, and less than half the price of the cloud defensive rein, the Streamlight HLX bridges affordability with quality. Being the mid tier option, I think this is the ideal most likely for most gun owners.

Overall I have no complaints about this light, I really can't come up with any negatives. Mine is nothing short of excellent. I don't think you'll be disappointed.