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I have the 90 lumen streamlight on my HD gun & its awesome. I leave attached to the gun when I go practice, and it has held up fine for nearly a year now. I can attest that it is plenty of light in a dark house, as I've done 'practice runs' at night w/ the lights off. I've even used it outdoors at night target practicing, and it lit my targets great at 7 yards. Did the whole laser thing on a Glock & an AR, didn't really do much for me except alot of $$ in batteries.
I went To bimart and bought the Streamlight TLR-3 for 87,,, it fits my glock 30 good... only thing i do not like about it... is the fact i cant just push a button and clip it off i have to screw it off.. but i can deal with that.. very bright tho!
I found a streamlight thats 90 lumens for $99.
For about $5 more, you can get a Streamlight TLR-1S which is 160 lumens.
Wont fit on the compacts though unless I am missing something.
I am looking at getting a TLR-1, not sure about the S yet. I just got a holster for my G34/35 that fits with a TLR-1.
The S doesn't change the size to my knowledge.
It ups the lumens and adds a strobe mode.
I really didn't care so much about the strobe, but I'll take all the lumens I can get.
It will probably fit, it will just stick out more. The surefire x300 I have is comparable in size to the TLR-1, on my sig p229 the bezel is almost entirely in front of the muzzle. It does get a lot of carbon buildup when I go shooting, but just make wiping down your light part of your gun cleaning procedure. Mostly you just have to decide if the extra brightness of the larger lights is worth the bulk to you.Sorry, I will clarify. The TLR-3 is for compact pistols as the OP has. I dont believe the TLR-1 will fit on the compacts. Am I wrong about that?
The new X300 is rated for 170 lumens, supposedly with half-dead batteries. If you liked the old one, go check out the new one. It is pretty cool and much brighter than my friend's TLR-1. I don't think he has the TLR-1S model though, just the regular one.For about $5 more, you can get a Streamlight TLR-1S which is 160 lumens. That's what I use on my HD Glock. Check opticsplanet for coupons or free shipping deals.
Funny thing is, for $150 less, it's brighter than a SureFire X300 I already had.
Yeah... and a 3-4 month wait. It's like getting NFA items. I've had one on order since early October.Check out Raven holsters if you want a holster you can use with your light.
The new X300 is rated for 170 lumens, supposedly with half-dead batteries. If you liked the old one, go check out the new one. It is pretty cool and much brighter than my friend's TLR-1. I don't think he has the TLR-1S model though, just the regular one.
When I first got my xd9 I put a $300 set of Crimson Trace laser grips on it, I personally wasn't impressed with them, some of you may like them . Luckily the store let me return them, then I just went with a Streamlight TLR-3 (light only,no laser) $89 at Bi-mart and I couldn't be happier. $300 wasn't worth the "cool factor" for what they actually did.....