reviews

I bought my first Streamlight back in 2013, after many years of being a die-hard SureFire fan. I still have several G2s scattered around my various bags and Pelican cases that I use when traveling, and they’re still great. For a long time I carried a 6P LED, and was very happy with its performance over the years. But I wanted something that would do dual-brightness, and had significant output for those times when I really, really needed to set something on fire light up a large area, but would be small enough for everyday carry. At the time, SureFire didn’t really make anything that I felt would really work, so I turned to Streamlight, another of the high-end manufacturers… Read More »Gear review: Streamlight ProTac HL

Robe MMX spot These are my primary spot moving lights, and they’re made by the (lesser known, in the States at least) Czech company Robe. (Pronounced row-bee.) The MMX spot uses the Phillips Platinum 35 lamp, an 800-watt short arc lamp that the company says is close to the output of traditional 1200-watt sources. I think that’s fair if we’re talking about an older light like the MAC 2000, which they are comparable to. However, newer 1200-watt lights like the VL3000 still certainly have a noticeable output edge. But that’s okay, because what these light lack in output, they make up for in features, speed, weight, and size. The MMX (I have no idea what this initialism stands for, if… Read More »Review – the Robe MMX spot