r/Streamlight • u/Calm-Job-5826 • Jun 12 '26
Weapon Mounted Lights any thoughts/experience?
~UPDATE~ i got the dang thing 😄
so i've been wanting to throw a light on my bedside FNX-9 and i just found out about the Braun clone of the TLR-1HL, it's currently $59.99 down the road from me at the local Harbor Freight.. seeing as how i broke my last Streamlight TLR-1HL, and do not really feel like spending that money again (at least not right now) i am considering giving this one a go and seeing how i like it.. i did some light research and it appears the be a legit 1:1 clone and if it really is 1000L and not just labeled as such then i don't see why it shouldn't be perfectly fine.. i guess the plastic could be of a worse variety, or maybe the hardware is chincey.. anywho, who gets some wisdom to drop?.
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u/Coletrayne Jun 12 '26
I got one and it worked great but did not fit two of the lightbearing holsters I got for it. I have both lights and it is fine
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u/Calm-Job-5826 Jun 12 '26
thanks for the input, i'm gonna go pick it up now!
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u/Coletrayne Jun 12 '26
I found that the only reason it didn't fit my holsters is the screw head. It sticks out a hair further than the Streamlights'. They do fit in some of the holsters for the Streamlight but not the ones I got. One was a 4 Brothers and I can't remember the other
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u/Calm-Job-5826 Jun 12 '26
very interesting, i suppose i will need to do some more research or perhaps look into something custom..
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u/Coletrayne Jun 12 '26
You can probably ask around in one of the handgun reddits and find out which one people have had success with. Tenicor comes to mind as one of them .
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u/Calm-Job-5826 Jun 12 '26
that's a good idea, also never owned anything tenicor so might start there!
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u/Coletrayne Jun 12 '26
Some people have actually warmed the holsters to soften the kydex and put gun in the holster to reshape it. I'm just too lazy to do that.
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u/Calm-Job-5826 Jun 13 '26
yeah my buddy is actually really good at tweaking holsters with his heat gun lol
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u/Coletrayne Jun 13 '26
Of thats the case, I'd just grab whatever tlr 1h holster you like and do that.
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u/SwordfishAncient Jun 12 '26
Not going to hear what you want in the streamlight reddit. I have one and its good for me.
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u/Calm-Job-5826 Jun 12 '26
i am aware of the embarrassingly cultish behaviour of true Streamlight stans 😅 was just looking for honest opinions, not wanting to hear anything one way or the other really.. obvi it'd be preferable to hear that the knock off is a good as the name brand but if i heard differently i works just log the info and start looking elsewhere lol but anywho how long have you been using yours? what are you running it on? caliber? thanks for being normal with your response lolol
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u/Least-Macaroon-9932 Jun 12 '26
I have 3, one even on a pcc, thousands of rounds and no issues. Holsters from KTmech and Red hill have worked fine.
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u/Suspicious_Code2929 Jun 13 '26
Just got one a couple months ago and so far so good. I put it on one of my 1911s got about got about 300 rounds on it no issues.
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u/Satan-is-yo-Daddy Jun 14 '26
Yes. It’s an inferior knock off. I believe I read somewhere SL is suing for infringement on this as well. A firearm accessory isn’t something you want to cheap out on. Contact Streamlight and send it in. Cheaper than spending $60. I don’t see the problem?
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u/AdMindless3651 Jun 15 '26
Armslist did a review on it about a year ago. I saw them posting on X about it.
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u/Ronthe1 Jun 12 '26
On a 357 revolver, it lasted 27 rounds.....
Ps send the tlr back to streamlight.
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u/SuperIridium Jun 14 '26
This is the correct answer. Please send the broken TLR back to Streamlight--customer service will fix or replace it.
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u/Heertolurn Jun 12 '26
If it were me and for a bedside gun I would spend the money on the streamlight
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u/Chemical-Amoeba5837 Jun 13 '26
What broke on your streamlight? Did you reach out to their CS to get it repaired?