Cheap Streamlight 90644 Orange Knucklehead Articulating Head LED Work

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I work for a full time professional FD in Las Vegas, and i get real use out of my equipment. All in all, this light is mediocre, the articulating head is nice for going from crawling around on the ground doing search to duck walking for fire attack, and the magnet is a nice touch for throwing in a doorway. Overall i'm unimpressed with this light. Typically streamlight makes the best products, and i have several other pieces from their lines and love them. This one, however, just doesn't stack up.

The number one problem with this light in my opinion is how broad of a spectrum it throws, it's nice for a clear dark room, but anything in even a lightly smokey atmosphere and it just doesn't have any penetrating power to be useful, i feel it also lacks the brightness it needs to do any real working good.

The second issue i have is with the design. The first interior fire i had that i took this thing in on, my low pressure hose to my mask knocked off the rubber cap that holds on the enclosure so the whole head fell apart and onto the floor, and subsequently got trampled on. Then when i tried to get a replacement reflector (the only piece i couldn't salvage from the burned debris on the floor) i got the run around from the company.

The end result for me is that the poor light performance coupled with the poor design make this a bad purchase for the price with so many other better options out there.

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I love everything about this flashlight, love the way the head swivels and rotates. Very strong magnet. A few friends of mine want one now also.

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While I have no doubt that this flashlight will meet most of my needs for its intended purpose of hanging off of my bunker coat and use at fires, I do have a couple of concerns when compared to the Streamlight Survivor right angle flashlight. So, here is a quick breakdown of the pros and cons.

Pros:

Almost the exact same height and width as the Survivor

I find it to be brighter than the Survivor

The alkaline version is slightly lighter in weight

The belt clip is exactly the same (just chuck the magnet)

Feels to be built just as rugged as the survivor

The articulating head is a nice touch

Looks different than everyone else's

Cons:

More expensive

Has a very wide almost floodlight like beam, so I don't know how well it will work in a thick smoke environment.

I'm also not sure (based on the packaging) if this flashlight is intrinsically safe

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This is a fantastic bright flashlight, rock solid design and construction, great form factor. I have high end flashlights including surefire, fenix, and others, this flashlight meets or exceeds the other products and is a much better value. It was instantly useful to me as it massively lit areas while I did electrical work. The clip is extremely useful. I removed the magnet as I didn't want/need that, it is designed to be removable. The clip is great for your belt or to clip on anything convenient. The head is infinitely adjustable and beam/brightness superb. At the price point it is my best overall performer. Online videos show it surviving being run over by a truck. Once you handle it for a while, drop it a few times, you will see why. It is a product that makes you feel safer doing dangerous work in confined spaces. I do not do emergency work but if I did, my guess is this would be a goto flashlight.

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I work in a power plant, lots of coal dust, grease, fly ash, you name it and I needed an explosion proof reliable hands free flash light and I got it all with this light. While I don't need the blinking light or the moon glow? (What's that about?) I do use the high and low power settings. I haven't found a better light for where I work yet and I doubt I will. I love this light so much I am going to buy another one. The area that is lit on high power is truly amazing, especially when I'm stuck in some crapy dirty upside down position and the light head rotates 360degrees and the knuckle is over 90 degrees putting the light right where I need it. You can't go wrong on this light.

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