Streamlight ProTac HLX Pro Flashlight: It SUCKS & Here's Why | CQB Beam Shot Comparisons
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Thanks for making this video. I’m gonna go ahead and order the streamlight Protac HL-x Pro
It's fantastic for longer range
How is it holding up so far? Ive seen a lot of reviews saying that its no good... problems with pad, with cap, a few bangs and itll flicker or shut off. Hows it holding up?
@@aquaticlives2948 All pads/plugs/switches are delicate.. even on the expensive brands; so I don't use it. But otherwise, it has held up great so far.. running it on the left side and just using the tail cap button. I do like having the plug there in case I want to change the setup later. You can just get the HLX (not pro) and it comes with two separated tail caps; but is otherwise the same light
Lol, it’s not that serious. If those rings will “mess you up” then you prolly have bigger problems.
They don't look terrible in video, they are much worse to the naked eye. One should not settle for imperfection when perfection exists.
I can see how they can be distracting but I could still make a positive identification, human, let whatever. So weapon light do you recommend for the same money with 50,000 plus candela and 1000????
@@RayJ4Liberty76 same money? None can beat it there. I do love streamlight just not this exact light.
@@DIYautotechwhat streamlight or other light would you recommend in place of it. Under $200 is my budget
@@DIYautotech Perfection doesn’t exist
I've had my hlx Pro for probably close to 3 months. I've never noticed the rings. I'll look tonight when i get home.
My switch was loose also. I contacted Streamlight and they sent me a new tailcap and switch. The 2nd was much better.
I get the feeling by your ring comments that you would probably stare at the reticle of a red dot instead of the target.
He’s being a sissy, real operators and professionals who train wont focus on the rings. Especially at distance. This light is made for distance. If that’s not the case then get a light that has more flood. It’s common sense. This video is amateur hour for the wrong reason.
15 minutes of complaining about the "rings". I promise you, in an actual use scenerio, you’ll never notice those "rings". The loose plug is an issue and probably something that Streamlight will address. Their CS is fantastic so I'm not worried. If you dont run preasure pads, it's a non-issue.
Their CS was helpful but identified the rings being normal for this run of lights due to the lens coating and reflector profile. Providing data against the grain isn't complaining, you ought to understand the difference. The world isn't all "this is right" and "this is wrong" this light is a blend in-between. It has terrible rings within that 99% of other lights do not. It does however offer a great blend of high candella and high lumens similar to the PLHV2 at a fraction of the price.
In an actual use scenario I want every advantage I can take. Using a light that provides solid white light data without ANY artifact within will allow me to process better, clearer, non articulated information that much faster. Every small advantage works in your favor of going home to your family. If you missed that point of the video then you should re-watch.
@@DIYautotech saying it sucks is not data, this is what everyone has a problem with, not what you said how you said it.
So, can you correlate these rings to an actual issue under use? I mean make it (your argument) make sense. Please.
The Pro model has 50,000 candela and is better suited for outdoors than inside against a garage door. OP should be testing it outdoors where the high focused beam makes more sense.
A small distraction or artifact from lines in the beam is still a small distraction. In a use of force situation gaining any small fractional percent of efficiency in your favor is warranted. 99% of the other WML out there do not have beam rings in the pattern. Hence the notation of this video. It isn't a deal breaker, but its enough of a point to post a video about.
I see rings in them all, just different sized rings at different places
Anyone looking for a weapon mounted light needs to understand the difference between candela and lumens. A large candela will work better for long distance, if clearing a house, a high candela number is not the best option, even if the lumen amount is the same for both lights.
Despite the higher candella, this light does a fantastic job at providing enough flood for CQB purposes. Despite the rings I spoke about in the video.
tape the cable in or glue it or something else
Seriously?
What you think about in a firefight/CQB:
- don't fuck up/don't die
- protect your team
- don't fuck up/don't die
- COVER!
- don't fuck up/don't die
- If in darkness, get lights. ANY LIGHTS.
- don't fuck up/don't die
- More 'nades, more ammo
- don't fuck up/don't die
What you don't think about in a firefight/CQB:
- That guy over there has a pink scarf
- The rings of this WML truly look like rings of Saturn
- Did I leave the gas on?
- 1 grenade and 2 full mags is plenty enough
- Too bad this WML has those rings, it really prevents me from seeing the full range of colors of the hairs of that guy's moustache properly
I think you've missed the point of the video. The concept I am trying to relay is that any advantage in CQB is an advantage, therefore if you can find a light without rings in the beam profile, you'll have better visibility without creating shadows or casting lines across your field of view. Rings add clutter, add more information to process, that equates to more time "thinking" instead of acting. Any advantage is an advantage, so if all things are equal, you'd want a light without rings in the beam profile vs one that DID have rings like this does. That is the point.
sorry, how are the rings gonna mess you up?
Why are rings going to "mess you up"? if you are using a light in a situation that you need to, you are not going to look at the rings. Think I will order one.
So return that light and try another. Most, reviews I’ve seen, others are not complaining about how loose the switch plug is. Might just be 1 in 10,000 issue or however the ratio. The rings don’t matter when you train. This light is made for distance. Otherwise get a light with more flood. Use common sense dude.
The rings are probably due to the reflector they had to use to get the candela up to 50k. That allows you to punch through ambient light to illuminate what is on the other side. All you have to do is use "base boarding" or "umbrella" techniques to allow the spill to search or navigate. All about training. Where there are lights that may serve better to use indoors, this light could still work fine with proper technique, but where the light would excel, is outdoors or urban areas with lots of ambient light.
1:49 just started watching, but I feel like there is no reason to be running 50k candela when you are indoors. Wouldn’t you be running the lower power indoor in a dark house?
50K candella is great for busting through photonic barriers IE other lights or windows, and also blinding power. This light also had enough lumens to provide plenty of spill for CQB. The 1K lumen/50K candella is a fantastic mix for CQB in my opinion. Anything 15k-50K candella.
So was this just content for the sake of content?
Isn't that the case for all content? lol
This content was to go against the grain of every other youtube channel who watches other peoples videos and regurgitates the same old review. This was an honest review.
The updated Streamlight ProTac HL-X has the same candela as the HL-X Pro, and a better remote switch. I'm going to wait until all the old stock is sold, and I can confidently buy the updated ProTac HL-X with 50,000 candela.
How do you differentiate the old vs updated HLX? They share the same model code and none of the retailers have updated the spec to 50,000 candela. According to streamlight the model is 88066 without usb battery and 88071 with, but they have the specs from the old one on every other website.
@@willng34 it's impossible right now. Streamlight didn't change the part number. On most websites, it still says 27,600 candela. I imagine there's still a lot of old stock out there that needs to be sold, before they send the new one to resellers. If it's actually advertised as 50,000 candela, I'm sure it's the new model. Something to consider, is that with that much candela, it will likely wash out your red dot. I might buy both models, to see if they wash out my red dot, and then return the one that doesn't wash it out. My iron sights are co-witnessed. But, I'm so farsighted, I can't see the front iron sight post. I need the red dot.
Dude I was wondering why my HLX-Pro looks exactly the same as the HL-X. I got both so I could decide and was losing it because I couldn’t tell a difference in illumination.
@@UpsideDownHamster it depends if you receive a new HL-X, or old stock that still needs to be sold. Online retailers haven't yet updated the regular HL-X to the 50,000 candela, so you don't really know what you're buying
For one.. You could run it on low for CQB and it would work better. But you're missing the whole point of this light: It has 50k candela and works well at shooting a far beam. So depending on what you are using it for, the benefits of the longer range is well worth the bit of artifacts you get in CQB.. Thrid'ly: I agree that the plug isn't great; but all switches break, so I never use them. It works well running it left side- and just use the button on the cap. It's a great light for a rifle.. maybe not so much for a CQB setup.
Surprisingly, that high candella and high lumen combo worked really well for CQB. It was just the rings that threw me off on corners. You'd think the 50k was too narrow, but because it also had high lumens it provided tons of spill WITH a tight hot spot. So you got the best of both worlds in that regard.
@@DIYautotech I'd use a different light if I could find one that was better for the same price. or at least similar performance, but for cheaper. This is about the best bang for buck that I can find
@@calholli I agree with you on this point despite the downfalls noted in the video. If those rings don't bother you and you don't use the rail mount switch, it's basically a perfect light.
I totally disagree with this. I have used a CD with 100k candela inside and its fine. You have to know what you are doing some but it gets it done.
I am sure you could get different lights for different situations but I dont think that 50k candela is overwhelming indoors and it works well to about 200 yards outdoors.
What if the indoor threat becomes an outdoor threat. To you tell the bad guy ..."hang on my other rifle has the higher candela - let me get that one please so I can shoot you from a distance while positively id'ing you"?
Those rings would never hinder you from a positive ID. Are you going to tell me if there was a man sized criminal that bathroom those rings would camo him somehow or you wouldnt see him quick enough. I cant buy that.
You've missed the entire point. It's not JUST about rings. It's about the disadvantage one small thing like that adds to an already high stress situation. Given the option to have a light with similar outputs, one would want a clear white light that had no artifact in its beam profile, nobody would choose the light that had a bunch of rings in it with different colors that bent and changed shape around corners/doors. THAT is the point. Yes it would work but there are options out there that will work a lot better given the fact that they don't have any artifact in their beam profile.
I never seen rings on mine did the same you did in the garage nothing ...
Did you contact Streamlight about the "rings" or the tailcap issues? This could be a one-off problem.
I did. Noted no issues. Said it had to do with the reflector profile/lens coating.
Oh wow you have some imperfections with a 130.00 wml. These lights are not made for the operator doing cqb 8 hours a day. Its for the homeowner when he hears so.ething go bump in the night.
So just because it is mid-range we cannot talk about its shortcomings? Sort of weird logic my friend.
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Streamlight needs to get better. I'd pay $250-300 for a rifle light with a good remote switch, that doesn't drop the water resistance to IPX4, and has several intuitive functions on the remote switch. I really wanted to like this light, but the remote switch attachment kills it, in addition to the beam pattern. I honestly can't see how this is better than an Olight Baldr Pro or Olight Baldr Pro R. If they want us to buy US made products, they need to make them better than the Chinese competition.
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I really like the protac 2.0 .. 2000 lum.. I just don't like the extra port for the battery charger.
I dont plan on using a pressure switch
same
High candela is for longer range not for cqb they have other protect versions that will work better for cqb
Does the HLX pro flicker if you drop to bolt like the original HLX?
How bad was the flicker? Problematic during firing?
@@fapangel7771 Yes, it will shut off on it own under recoil.
I have 3 HLX’s and don’t have that problem. Maybe talk to streamlight about this.
@@TheeDavidT From looking around the internet a bit I've found people consistently mention this issue - but apparently it's trivial to fix by adding an o-ring to the tailcap to make the battery connection tighter. Some people also recommend hunting down an ancient pre-LED Minimaglite that you threw in a drawer years ago after it broke (which we all have somewhere) and using the battery spring out of that.
Either way it's a trivial enough fix that I wouldn't doubt Streamlight incorporated it as a factory fix; maybe just a slightly stronger battery spring.
I just received mine today and it's going back to Amazon. It wouldn't even turn on unless I loosened the Battery cap. Also The pressure Switch didn't work at all. So disappointing! I will definitely look for those Rings when I shop around for the next one.
You may have gotten a fake copy.. Only buy from reputable places
Yeah you get ripped on stuff like this off Amazon fake optics Magpul a bunch of stuff. Unity risers a lot is fake on their. I learned the hard way myself
For a weapon light... the hlx pro or the tk20 and why?
Who's going to focus on rings in a self defensive situation ..
You've missed the entire point. It's not JUST about rings. It's about the disadvantage one small thing like that adds to an already high stress situation. Given the option to have a light with similar outputs, one would want a clear white light that had no artifact in its beam profile, nobody would choose the light that hand a bunch of rings in it with different colors that bent and changed shape around corners/doors. THAT is the point.
Taking a hollistic view of this light, a small notion like rings puts it at a disadvantage vs 99% of the other WML systems out that that don't have any abnormal colors or rings in their beam profile. Any advantage is an advantage in a life or death situation. So you may not focus on it, but the addition of small advantages here and there make the difference between you meeting your maker and you getting to hug your family again.
What does that really matter though? In a serious situation you’re not going to notice or care about those rings anyway. If you’re distracted by that, it means you aren’t threat focused.
White light beam profiles with clean optics provide better data to the end user. White light beam profiles with rings and discolorations put you at a disadvantage. You may not focus on it in a threat centered situation. But it may make the difference in a split second decision that could alter your life forever. Given the options, I would choose the WML platform with solid, white light that didn't have artifact in it. That was the point of this video.
@@DIYautotech as someone who has this light and other more expensive ones, I didn’t even notice this to be honest.
@@robert1539 yours might not have it. I too own other lights from other companies at similar and more expensive price points. None of them have those rings, including lights from the same company. Either way this was my opinion in the video noted. Feel free to make your own conclusions and I hope the light works well for you.
@@DIYautotech no it does, while yeah it may be noticeable against a plane white wall and not be aesthetically pleasing, I don’t see it as being an issue being able to pid something, especially outside in brush, you won’t see those rings at all. The point is I don’t feel it in no way makes the light unless as you mention, just a minor flaw.
Will the original hl-x tailcap fit the pro?
Yes they are backward compatible l. I have the hlx pro because it's higher candela at 50k but I use the old tail cap cuz it's smaller and doesn't rattle around all loose plug like
Thanks for this information
I just want a push tail cap without the tape switch stuff
Optics planet offers that option.
It looks like the normal HL-X offers the same head now too @@Persuasian338
The regular HLX non pro tail cap should thread onto the Pro models body.
I'm gonna test this out when my Pro models show up.
@@stevegillespie6424update?