Streamlight 14032 Sidewinder 55-Lumen Military Tactical Flashlight with Articulating Head and Batteries, Coyote

Great flashlight love the different settings and brightness. You can use lightweight easy to attach to belt vest camping equipment for hiking. Excellent very well made sturdy strong. Should last you quite a long time I personally love it.

This has become my new favorite flashlight. On high, it's very bright, but I almost always use it on its lowest setting. With the articulating head, it's a great reading light. My book light finally died a while back, and I thought I'd give this light a try as my new reading light, and found it to be an improvement over the book light.Low power is bright enough to see anything in a room. The entire room lights up with it on high, although I almost never use it on high. The two medium settings are well calibrated between the low and high settings, making the light adaptable to multiple situations, giving you the light you need without wasting battery life. The battery life seems excellent - still on my first set of batteries after a month of daily use. 1-2 hours on low every night to read, and no sign of any approaching dimness.I also use the red led light quite a bit when using my telescope. I can use it to move around in total darkness, swap out eyepieces, etc without ruining my night vision. I haven't used the blue led much, although it's quite bright. I got the UV version, instead of the green led light, knowing that I'll eventually get a night vision device, and then I'll have an extra illumination source for it, but haven't gotten it yet, so I can't really talk about the UV light. If it's as good as the rest of the lights though, I'm sure I'll enjoy it.Lots of little pluses on this light really make it great - 4 levels of brightness for each light source makes the light very adaptable. And switching between different lights and power levels is very easy and intuitive. Tactile positive polarity markers on the outside of the light that you can feel in the dark make it easy to replace batteries in the dark. The cap to the battery compartment has a sturdy metal lanyard, so you don't lose the cap when you're replacing batteries. There is also a rubber gasket to keep water out of the battery compartment. The pivoting head makes the light very useful in a multitude of situations.This is a great all-around flashlight, and when I have a few bucks to spare, I'm going to get an extra one for my car.

Love this flashlight. I bought it on the chance it was just overpriced, but the quality is fantastic. I carry one in my truck and kit bag now, as well as in the nightstand and I keep one clipped in my tractor too. Why? It's very bright, it's solid, and I have no worries at all about it working when I need it.

I really like this light. I like there's multiple color options and multiple lighting levels for every option. The IR beacon is nice as well. Overall construction is sturdy yet the light doesn't weigh a whole lot. The metal clip there's plenty sturdy to keep it in place on your Molle gear. Taking regular AA batteries is a major bonus. The controls are fairly intuitive and easy to use.

I paid about $55 for this and I still think it is worth the money, altho I have cow-orkers that say I'm nuts even tho they have bought four $15 dollar lights since I bought this one. I'm a merchandiser so I use it when setting displays in stores that usually are running with the lights down to save electricity costs, so the capability to set the light down and swivel the head unit to the spot where I need it is very useful, and I like the fact that it uses Double A batteries, which can be found everywhere, saving me cash, altho mine did not come with batteries which was annoying, and I don't like the loose clip, which slips out of my belt or tool strap way too easily; there are fixes for that with a strip of paracord, but I just think basic functionality should work out of the box which is why it only gets four stars. I have'nt used the colored Red & Blue lights, although I have used the IR one for checking digital camera displays and the ability to switch lights by rotating the selector is handy. O and I like the fact that when it is running out of battery power it lets you know by having only the high and low light level selections available. That is handy. When I need another light for work I'll get another one of Streamlight products.

Been using this every day for about 2 months, been apart of my edc. I wear it on my belt everywhere, clip is strong and it doesn't shift at all. I work in all sorts of weather conditions in accident response on the highway so it has taken a beating and is still going strong. Bought it for the red light initially to maintain my night vision but I have also found the blue light to be very useful for identifying fluid leaks on crashed vehicles (also makes blood very easy to identify helpful for hunting). Battery has yet to ve changed with no noticeable dimming of brightness. Only gripe is the IR led, don't have any use for it personally a black like led would be alot more helpful in my opinion. For identifying clear fluids/ fluid residue. That being said I still love the light, and will continue to use it for work/hunting/camping