{"id":1928,"date":"2023-12-28T19:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2023-12-28T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:51:22","slug":"things-that-dont-suck-streamlight-protac-hl-usb-rechargeable-flashlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1928","title":{"rendered":"Things That Don&#8217;t Suck: Streamlight ProTac HL USB Rechargeable Flashlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-217x145.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/streamlight-597x398.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"streamlight\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You never know when or where you\u2019ll need to light up the night. And not just to illuminate a potential target in a defensive situation.<\/p>\n<p>Life presents its challenges. You could have a flat tire on a lonely 2-lane road on your way home. You might be assembling one of those annoying IKEA cabinet units and need some extra light in an interior corner. Or maybe you dropped something that rolled under the bed and, well, it\u2019s dark under there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.streamlight.com\/en\/products\/detail\/index\/protac-hl-usb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streamlight\u2019s ProTac HL USB<\/a> flashlight is notable because it will run off of three different power sources. It comes with a rechargeable USB battery. But if that runs down, it will also run on an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MPwM7U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18650 cell<\/a> or a couple of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RZLnOB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CR123A batteries<\/a> you can find in almost any grocery store or gas station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495431\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-684x513.jpg 684w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495431\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_0257-684x513.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve owned this light for years now and it\u2019s lived in my car\u2019s center console for the past five. I keep it tethered to one of the USB ports in there so it\u2019s always with me and always fully charged.<\/p>\n<p>Mine puts out 850 lumens on its high setting for over an hour if I need that much (I rarely do) or about 85 lumens on low beam for 12 hours. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vdeAMR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current model<\/a> cranks out 1000 lumens.<\/p>\n<p>You can switch between those two intensities and a strobe setting with Streamlight\u2019s easy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streamlight.com\/resources\/learning-left\/ten-tap-programming-for-flexible-lighting-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ten-Tap programming feature<\/a>. You can also switch it to a low\/medium\/high configuration.<\/p>\n<p>This flashlight isn\u2019t small (about 6.5 inches in length) and you could use it as a decent bludgeon if you had to (it weighs 7.2 oz). It\u2019s not cheap (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Uhpv1q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$95 online<\/a> for the current model), but the ProTac HL USB is tough, water-resistant, versatile and always ready. It\u2019s a great option for an emergency preparedness kit or go bag. And it definitely doesn\u2019t suck.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/things-that-dont-suck-streamlight-protac-hl-usb-rechargeable-flashlight\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 You never know when or where you\u2019ll need to light up the night. And not just to illuminate a potential target in a defensive situation. Life presents its challenges. You could have a flat tire on a lonely 2-lane road on your way home. 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