Since it is a lot brighter than other TLR's, does the battery life drain any faster than the standard TLR-1s?
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I don't know if it drains faster or not. Makes no difference to me. It lives in my bedside save on the rail of my Glock 19. My previous light lived in there for 9 years. The battery is still good. If you want a flashlight for general use, this is the wrong gadget. Mine is for defensive emergencies to accomplish two things: Positively identify that what or who went bump in the night is an imminent threat of death or grievous injury, and if so, hurt their eyes to gain a second or two advantage because it's so bright they will not be able to see for a few seconds after it flashes their dark adapted eyes. I don't know if it drains faster or not. Makes no difference to me. It lives in my bedside save on the rail of my Glock 19. My previous light lived in there for 9 years. The battery is still good. If you want a flashlight for general use, this is the wrong gadget. Mine is for defensive emergencies to accomplish two things: Positively identify that what or who went bump in the night is an imminent threat of death or grievous injury, and if so, hurt their eyes to gain a second or two advantage because it's so bright they will not be able to see for a few seconds after it flashes their dark... » Read More I don't know if it drains faster or not. Makes no difference to me. It lives in my bedside save on the rail of my Glock 19. My previous light lived in there for 9 years. The battery is still good. If you want a flashlight for general use, this is the wrong gadget. Mine is for defensive emergencies to accomplish two things: Positively identify that what or who went bump in the night is an imminent threat of death or grievous injury, and if so, hurt their eyes to gain a second or two advantage because it's so bright they will not be able to see for a few seconds after it flashes their dark adapted eyes. « Show Less
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It does not seem to. I am on the first set of batteries since purchase. Jan. '14
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I don't have the standard TLR-1 to compare with however I have used this light in several tactical competitions. and haven't needed to do a battery change yet. It stands to reason though more power = more battery drain.
1431463
I have had it for several months now and used it a lot. It seems to hold battery life just the same as other lights that i have on different rifles.
1431464
It has double the lumen output and uses the same batteries, its quite obvious that it has less battery life.
1231345
This is an amazing light. i use mine mostly for middle of the night photography in old buildings. i have had it onmore than once, for 4 hrs with no noticeable drain on the batteries. i use rechargeable batteries and have plenty on hand.
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Hey Joe, I've run this light on AR's, shotguns and my primary duty pistol. I have found this style of weapon light to be awesome in all applications. It's small, takes up little rail space, can use a preasure switch, bright and takes a beating. If you are not interested in spending the money on a high dollar rifle light, I would highly recommend the TLR-1s.
1558481
I think it's the pro one. Very bright and the focus beam shapes neatly circle. When you use high quality or high performance battery, I can say it will be slightly brighter. Hopefully useful for your consider.
1887120
Sorry for the delay in response...I have the canon sl1 and i can tell you that it shows the remaining level of power on the battery and the number of shots i can take..hope that helps.
512938
I can't give you a direct answer. It depends on what brightness setting and size dot setting, but I shot all past season on one battery; 12 matches, about 4 hours long each time, plus practice sessions, about another 8 4-hour sessions and still going brightly... I try to turn it off between rounds but don't always remember.
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I am pretty sure it is only 190 lumens, it is bright enough to get the job done, but could be brighter. For the same price, you can get a new streamlight TLR-1 HL that puts out like 630 lumens. I am going to switch to the streamlight as soon as I feel like forking out the money for the light and new holster.
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The batteries last in mine quite a while, but whenever I notice oddities with iTTL, I change the batteries and the oddities dissapear. Half-dead batteries seem to work with plain old non-TTL flashes a bit longer than with iTTL flashes.... i.e. partly dead batteries can still send a simpler signal, just not an iTTL signal.... BUT since they use AA batteries, I can avoid having to stock 2 kinds of batteries, a bagful of extra AA's is all I need, not a bunch of ziplocks with AA's and AAA's....
1054273
Depends on the Laser. I have put a Streamlight TLR1 on a S&W; M&P; 40 with excellent results.
78244
Not so sure about battery life. I have a couple thousand trigger presses and the batteries are still fine. Distance is much further than you would need.
1720375
It is depend on battery life. This is a bright light. I have been using it for two weeks already. It is still good. I mounted two light on my bike because I ride in the dark and ride fast so I want to see the road bright and clean in distance and in front of my bike so drivers can see me too. This is a very bright light. I am please with the purchase. I am going to buy some more of this light.
2015331
Depending on how much you use flash, delve frequently into menus, etc., you can usually expect pretty decent battery life. I've gone a whole day shooting over 200 exposures without depleting the battery entirely.
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I actually don't own that version but I'm pretty sure all the TLR-1's have the same functions.
1656438
It's just 500 lumens all the time, but it will eat through your Surefire batteries quickly. At first the light output is immense and blinding, but after probably a month of frequent use the light dims down to around 200-300 lumens...ish. Still an outstanding flashlight!
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I have had substantially better battery life than that with my copy and Eneloop NiMH batteries. However the flash will definitely not work in TTL mode except with a Fuji camera. Slave mode will definitely work fine, and probably manual mode as well.
1507676
Yes - intense light with good battery life about 2 hrs continuous useage. However if you want a personal carry with strobe function you will need to look at their law enforcement models. Only draw back with the law enforcement models is that they are longer and heavier than the P2X
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I don't know for certain, since I haven't used the illuminated version. But I would check the reviews of that particular model very carefully, and make sure that you can adjust the brightness all the way down. A common complaint with illuminated gear is that the brightness may be adjustable, but that even a the lowest setting it is still too bright. I can tell you that I've never been tempted by the illuminated version because I've never had a problem seeing the crosshairs on the regular version, and I've used it everywhere from city center sidewalk astronomy to radically dark skies deep in the Mojave desert. It seems to me that for bright stuff you don't need illlumination, and that for dim stuff the illumination might compete with the faint light from the target, BUT take that with a huge grain of salt since I am basically speaking from ignorance.