Streamlight HLX : The BEST weapon light for most home defenders

One of those rare products I can find nothing wrong with

For the affordable price, the HLX punches way above its weight. There are options that are brighter for double to 3x more expensive, but the HLX Protac is everything a typical home defender could ever possibly need. The flashlight is rock solid. I've owned it for a couple years now and it can take a beating.

Pros

Price

Extremely durable

Bright

Scout mount compatible

Great controls with tape switch

Cons

Honestly, none that I can think of

Where to buy?

Amazon

The Streamlight ProTac HLX is perfect for home defense

The Streamlight ProTac HLX pro rail mounted flashlight is an awesome rifle white light. It is perfect for home defense. It is also what I am running on my daily driver AR-15.

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Streamlight HLX Protac

The bundle available on amazon (linked here) often goes on sale for between $125 and $150. It comes with a ton of accessories including M-Lok mount. Its an incredible value for what you get.

HLX is Scout Mount Compatible

The HLX comes with a Pic Rail adapter normally. However, numerous MLok adapters are available for a very reasonable price. The HLX is designed to be scout mount compatible.

I am running a BCM scout mount with the HLX and it is ultra secure.

A bundle including an mlok rail from streamlight on amazon currently runs about $155 at the time of editing. That is a great price.

I run a BCM Scout Mount on my Streamlight HLX Protac

Tape Switch Activation is Ideal for Mounting on an AR-15

The HLX Pro rail model comes with a tape switch instead of the typical push button on the base.

You might be tempted to instead run, say, a streamlight TLR-1 HL in place of this when you see that both are rated at 1,000 lumens. However, keep in mind the TLR-1 HL is rated at only 20,000 candella.

The tape switch controls are great on my HLX Protac

The Streamlight HLX Protac is very bright

The HLX is rated conversely at 50,000 candela, so its got quite a bit more throw, enough that it is rated to reach 447 meters.

The Streamlight HLX Protac is plenty bright for home defense

The Streamlight HLX Protac is duty level durable

The protac is super rugged and durable, it has stood up to quite a bit of punishment on my AR-15. I’ve had it mounted for about 2 years now and this thing is still going really strong.

The HLX Protac is rugged and has held up to years of AR-15 recoil

The Streamlight HLX Protac has incredible battery life

The flashlight has both high powered and low powered modes. In the low powered 60 lumen, 3100 candela mode, the flashlight will run for 21 hours. In the high powered mode, it can run for 1.25 hours. The flashlight of course also has a strobe feature.

The Streamlight HLX Protac is ideal for carbine or rifle length builds, not ideal for pistols

Dimensionally, this is probably too big to run on AR Pistol builds. On a 14.5″ pin and weld build, this feels great. It would also be fine on a 13.9, but at 5.5 inches long you might want something more compact for anything shorter.

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Get it from Amazon

Streamlight HLX Protac

The bundle available on amazon (linked here) often goes on sale for between $125 and $150. It comes with a ton of accessories including M-Lok mount. Its an incredible value for what you get.

Is the Streamlight HLX Protac worth it? Yes.

At about half the price of the surefire scout, and less than half the price of the cloud defensive rein, the Streamlight HLX bridges affordability with quality. Being the mid tier option, I think this is the ideal most likely for most gun owners.

Overall I have no complaints about this light, I really can’t come up with any negatives. Mine is nothing short of excellent. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.