Tactical light personal review

[CasterTroy]

So I have had a couple of surefire lights now for about a year. LOVE them. The light they put out is amazing and especially for their size.

I have the E2D Defender and the E2E Executive.

Both use (2) 123A lithium batteries, which I never had any experience with before. The lights were expensive (over $100 each) but I was fortunate to have a friend that is a buyer for LOWES and gave them to me as a gift. A vendor from Surefire had given them to him to try out...and he wanted ME to have them to give him feedback.

Well I LOVE them. I USE to be a tried and true Maglight man....because it's not only a light, but a friggin battering baton! But these 2 lights have changed my preference.

Anyway....I thought about getting a loop holder for these lights to mount on a couple of my guns I keep in the house for the eminent Zombie attack or Armageddon....whichever comes first....but that would mean I'd have to sacrifice their current roll as emergency lights. Didn't want to do that.

So I shopped for some rail mounted lights.

That’s when I found the TLR-1's on sale at Botach for $69

This ALSO uses the the (2) 123A lithium batteries

I got 2 of them.

I mounted one on my 556 and one on my XDm 9

Below are the mountings and the surefire lights



here's a close-up of the TLR-1's mounted




Now for the light test:

This was at 8pm, total dark, all the lights in the house off, and my dog wondering the hall thinking she went blind.

First up: Surefire E2D Defender




Next: Surefire E2E Executive



Now for the TLR-1



You can see the vast difference. The wide mouth of the TLR-1 makes for a much broader throw of the light as well as more of a washing effect with overall light as well. The TLR-1 also has a more "blinding effect" as well, meaning that with the surefire pointed at me I was fairly certain exactly where the person holding was standing, but the TLR-1 made it very difficult to pinpoint the exact location and distance FROM me.

I'm very impressed so far.

**All lights had fresh batteries, and all were pictured with the same camera and lack of lighting (no flash)