The Fourth SureFire Flashlight

I never thought of myself as a flashlight whore. Sure, I’ve had my share of Mag-Lites – and I killed them all. I either left in the batteries too long, or some sort of black magic happened that make it so I could no longer open them up to replace the batteries.

I got a StreamLight when they first came out (the first I remember with a Xenon bulb), back when the rest of my friends were still using the old Vietnam-era angle-head flashlights, or worse yet – some no-name off-brand that came from Radio-Shack. It wasn’t tactical per se, but at least it came in OD green and that in and of itself was notable. That light spent a summer or two electric-taped (less residue than duct tape) to my pump-action pellet rifle, but the method of having to twist the lens end to turn it on left something to be desired in speed and style (in retrospect, I would have called this a mark against the flashlight’s “tactical” rating). However, it was waterproof and that always helped.

I also bought the first

Armour for flashlights

Then came the Z2 Combat Light.

The E2L Outdoorsman

The E1L Outdoorsman for Melissa

The LED lens head for the Z2

Hemming and hawing about a weaponlight –

G2 Nitrlon with the weaver adapter