Streamlight DS Led

[b-mack]

Anyone ever use one of these lights? If so what is your opinion?

 

[92integra]

cant go wrong with streamlight everyone at my shop uses them. if you turn all the lights off in your house and point the light straight up it will illuminate the entire room. buy one you wont regret it.

 

[amlv20]

Awesome, but the second switch is useless and it goes bad often

 

[rhuff86]

Awesome, but the second switch is useless and it goes bad often

Agreed, the tailcap switch is pointless. One heck of a terrific light though. No need for the DS is all.

 

[Bryanthegreat]

One of the best lights on the market. I have the DS and I use the end switch because it is there, but I would not miss it if it wasn't there.

 

[tjmonsen5]

They just came out with an 1100 lumen protac. I'm sure they will put the same led in the stinger later this year. I'm going buy one if they do.

 

[Mr.3-5-7]

Christ! 1100 lumen? One of our guys just got the 640 lumen and that thing belongs on a police chopper its so bright.

 

[rlitman]

Christ! 1100 lumen? One of our guys just got the 640 lumen and that thing belongs on a police chopper its so bright.

It may feel that way, but a 60w bulb is over 800, and I've seen LED bulbs meant for hi-hat fixtures that put out over 1600 at HD. There are 50w LED lights on eBay that put those to shame.

I love my Milwaukee M18 floodlight. It's way brighter than a 250w halogen.

The biggest issue with this sort of bright LED is the heat sinking. It's hard to put that kind of output in a flashlight that doesn't burn your hands.

 

[chicken89]

when i was an officer, they issued the DS with the disclaimer that they would see it shortly because of the switches stop working. "its not if, it's when, so we will see you again"
quartermaster said that streamlight knew it was a problem, but would rather warrany service it then fix the problem. ...and because we had a contract with streamlight...

 

[Bikes&Bowties]

I have the regular stinger led HP. I also will say there's no need for the tailcap switch. Just know if it's a work light it's going to be the most beat up tool in your whole box

 

[shockwave]

I have the Ds hl it's a great light and very durable but like others have said u don't really need the ds however the hl comes with extended length batteries that r green instead of black

 

[gtg082y]

I have an HL and a regular old (xenon?) bulb style. The HL is almost too bright, and the old school bulb is dim with poor battery life. I just ordered this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B8Q2DGE/?tag=atomicindus08-20

to upgrade my old DS and am hopeful that it will work out well in the garage.