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About 65 minutes later I pulled it out of the bucket, shook it off and turned it on. It worked both with touch/push pressure and the locked-on position.
The Streamlight TLR-1 HL: A Review
Long time readers know that I am a huge fan of having, being trained with and controlling a handheld powerful flashlight. Being able to conveniently mount that light onto a gun - handgun, rifle or shotgun - only adds to its potential versatility and value. While I'm not normally a fan of having a handgun mounted light as a primary flashlight, there are certainly applications for such (SWAT, K9, military, etc) and I'd never argue with a person who felt that having a light mounted on their handgun for home- or self-defense was necessary. All that said, I recently was able to test the Streamlight TLR-1HL which has proven quite handy.
Let's get the "data points" out of the way first. Straight from theStreamlight website:
The TLR-1 HL provides a 630 lumen blast of light for maximum illumination while clearing a room or searching an alley. Its wide beam pattern lights up large areas so you can identify who or what is nearby.
* C4® LED technology, impervious to shock with a 50,000 hour lifetime
* 12,000 candela peak beam intensity and up to 630 lumens.
* TIR optic produces a concentrated beam with optimum peripheral illumination
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