Poll - How Important is a Tactical Light to You?

Pistology · May 29th, 2009, 09:28 PM

My M&P has a two-slot Picatinny rail equipment mount. I'm ready to buy a tactical flashlight and am giving strong consideration to the NovaTac 120E. However, it doesn't attach to my gun.
The price of the light is over a hundred dollars plus shipping - not peanuts. So I'd like to make an efficient purchase. How much do you weigh the importance of having a tactical light that attaches to your handgun?

Blackeagle · May 29th, 2009, 09:30 PM

I would never carry a tactical light that attaches to my gun unless I was also carrying a handheld light. A light on your gun is never a substitute for a handheld light. Otherwise there is a huge temptation to point your gun at something you're not sure is a threat in order to illuminate it.

United93 · May 29th, 2009, 09:33 PM

I think a handheld light is very versatile, and for that reason I would prefer it over a WML. However, I certainly would carry a WML over no light at all.

jwhite75 · May 29th, 2009, 10:03 PM

I have both bu there was no option for this. I mount a x200 Surefire at night and carry a E1L EDC. The E1L also goes on the nightstand next to the X200 at night for primary searching absent target ID. Search Ebay...youmay be able to afford both depending on good deal and your budget.

sigmanluke · May 29th, 2009, 10:11 PM

I voted for a non WML as an EDC. Tactically it is much better, more useful and safer than a WML. Of course, this is JMOYMV.

Pistology · May 29th, 2009, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwhite75

The E1L also goes on the nightstand next to the X200 at night for primary searching absent target ID.

Please explain "primary searching" with two lights.

retsupt99 · May 30th, 2009, 12:06 AM

Lights are an important defensive weapon, but what would you do if the WalMart roof collapsed and you were in instant darkness...are you prepared?

If I have my sidearm, I have my L4 Luma Max by SureFire.

semperfi.45 · May 30th, 2009, 12:25 AM

I prefer a handheld over a WML. Surefire is my brand.

jframe38 · May 30th, 2009, 12:31 AM

I have a TLR-1 on my SD weapon in my nightstand. I also have a couple of other lights which gives me more options.

Thumper · May 30th, 2009, 12:45 AM

I have both kinds of light but I don't keep a tactical light on my weapon. I prefer to have a separate light that I carry.

View Poll Results: Do You Have a Tactical Flashlight that Attaches to Your Handgun?
My light attaches to my handgun(s).	43	14.38%
My light attaches to my handgun(s), but I never mount it there.	9	3.01%
My light does not attach to my handgun(s), but I EDC the light.	152	50.84%
I don't EDC a tactical flashlight.	95	31.77%
Voters: 299. You may not vote on this poll

May 29th, 2009, 09:28 PM	#1
Pistology Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 230	Poll - How Important is a Tactical Light to You? My M&P has a two-slot Picatinny rail equipment mount. I'm ready to buy a tactical flashlight and am giving strong consideration to the NovaTac 120E. However, it doesn't attach to my gun. The price of the light is over a hundred dollars plus shipping - not peanuts. So I'd like to make an efficient purchase. How much do you weigh the importance of having a tactical light that attaches to your handgun? __________________ We do not celebrate the death of our enemies. - Yitzhak Rabin

May 29th, 2009, 10:03 PM	#4
jwhite75 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 2,306	I have both bu there was no option for this. I mount a x200 Surefire at night and carry a E1L EDC. The E1L also goes on the nightstand next to the X200 at night for primary searching absent target ID. Search Ebay...youmay be able to afford both depending on good deal and your budget. __________________ Friends don't let friends be MALL NINJAS. "May God have mercy on my enemies...because I won't." -Gen. George S. Patton.

May 29th, 2009, 10:11 PM	#5
sigmanluke Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Utah Posts: 1,640	I voted for a non WML as an EDC. Tactically it is much better, more useful and safer than a WML. Of course, this is JMOYMV. __________________ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson

May 30th, 2009, 12:06 AM	#7
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 22,720	Lights are an important defensive weapon, but what would you do if the WalMart roof collapsed and you were in instant darkness...are you prepared? If I have my sidearm, I have my L4 Luma Max by SureFire. __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

May 29th, 2009, 09:30 PM	#2
Blackeagle Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 1,997	I would never carry a tactical light that attaches to my gun unless I was also carrying a handheld light. A light on your gun is never a substitute for a handheld light. Otherwise there is a huge temptation to point your gun at something you're not sure is a threat in order to illuminate it.

May 29th, 2009, 09:33 PM	#3
United93 Ex Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 912	I think a handheld light is very versatile, and for that reason I would prefer it over a WML. However, I certainly would carry a WML over no light at all.

May 30th, 2009, 12:25 AM	#8
semperfi.45 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Over here now! Posts: 3,343	I prefer a handheld over a WML. Surefire is my brand. __________________ My art is different from yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.

May 30th, 2009, 12:31 AM	#9
jframe38 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SC Posts: 523	I have a TLR-1 on my SD weapon in my nightstand. I also have a couple of other lights which gives me more options.

May 30th, 2009, 12:45 AM	#10
Thumper VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 5,586	I have both kinds of light but I don't keep a tactical light on my weapon. I prefer to have a separate light that I carry. __________________ USMC 1968-1971 ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell! *"Don't go to stupid places, with stupid people, and do stupid things!"*

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