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Anonymous10/25/26, 01:39No.65609668I need help choosing a weapon light
I recently purchased the Mossberg 940 SPX as my home defense gun and I can’t figure out what light to choose. Im currently torn between these three from Streamlight:
>TLR-1 HP-X
>TLR-1 HL-X
>TLR-7 HL-X
The 1 HP-X has a very high candela but a lot less flood, the 1 HL-X has a lot more flood but much less candela, and the 7 is somewhere in between but has half the battery life but it’s also much smaller. I know they’re all great options but I can’t fucking decide which one to get
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Anon10/25/26, 01:42No.65609674
$1 Harbor Freight light tied to the barrel.
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Anon10/25/26, 01:44No.65609677
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Anon10/25/26, 02:21No.65609746
HL-X
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Anon10/25/26, 02:28No.65609758
None of them you dont want a pistol light on something thats not a pistol. The ergos are shit.
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Anon10/25/26, 03:14No.65609856
1. High candela lights are the current fad, but are silly for home defense. You need to illuminate a room without blinding yourself, not identify a marmot a 600 yards.
2. Look at
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Anon10/25/26, 03:21No.65609864
Harbor Freight weapon light is a cheaper TLR-1 HL-X
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Anon10/25/26, 03:51No.65609909
First, those are all pistol lights with no remote switches available, so you probably don't want any of them. There are remote switches available for the old TLR-1 family (no -X, e.g. TLR-1 HL), and the TLR RM series is pretty similar to the TLR-7/-9 series, with a remote switch built-in. (Plus they have the ProTac lights specifically for long guns.)The point is not that the remote switch itself is important; normal flashlights with a tailcap switch are just fine if you mount them where the ergonomics work out.
But the built-in switches on pistol lights are poor to ass on long guns, whereas pistol lights with remote switches are fine.Anyway, assuming you're committed to using a pistol switch on a long gun, though:
Forget the TLR-7, the smaller size does nothing for you.Among the TLR-1 flavors, depends what "home defense" means. If it means strictly indoors, no sight lines over 15 yards, either one is fine -- the extra candela won't make any difference at all.
But if it could mean going outside to confront someone breaking into a shop/barn/etc. 50 yards away, or trying to see past other lighting (vehicle headlights, etc.), may as well go with the HP-X. Probably won't matter, but why not.
And if 100 yards and up is a realistic possibility, then you definitely should go for high-candela, but you also should be using a carbine instead of a shotgun, so I assume this is not the case.
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Anon10/25/26, 04:27No.65609968
buy the TLR1HLX i love mineMAKE SURE YOU BUY THE ONE THAT COMES WITH THE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. IT DOESNT RUN 1500 LUMENS WITHOUT THEM