Hey guys,
I know that a couple people were talking about the Stylus Streamlight in a post a few days ago. Friday, I was out looking around for getting a new flashlight for archery season and I saw one. Well, I checked it out and decided to pick it up.
I purchased the " safety green" version with a black exterior color. It has two ways of being turned on. The back of the light can be twisted for constant use, and there is a button on the back that can be pushed in for " strobe" use as they call it. The light comes with a black plastic " pen cap" with a hole in it. This can be put over the front of the light in order to " concentrate" the light beam. I didn' t notice it making the light any brighter, it just made a smaller light circle. Actually, it seemed to dim the light out.
The Pro' s: Light Weight- This flashlight weighs 1.1 ounce with batteries. Needless to stay, it won' t drag you down on a long walk to your stands!
Hat Clip- This is a great feature as it can easily be put on a hat and it wont make the bill of the hat heavy and it doesnt block your view!
Size- This thing is small, plain and simple. It is just like carrying a pen into the woods!
Safety- This light is VERY VERY bright when being looked at, and the light can be seen for over a mile, atleast that is what the advertisements say, I havn' t tested that though!
The Con' s: Brightness- This light isn' t very bright. It will illuminate very well out to 15 feet in front of you, but, after that, forget it. Some may look at this as a good thing as it isn' t as easy for deer to spook, but, I like having a litte further light beam. This could also be because of the color, I have the safety green light.
Batteries- This light takes 3 AAAA batteries. I didn' t even know that those were actual batteries. I did manage to find two packs of them and bought them. 4 batteries cost me $6.00, but, these were the Energize Titaniums.
Size- Yes, size is also listed as a pro, but, it is also a con because this could be very easy to loose. If you were to drop it while in the woods before daylight, you would have a tough time finding it.
Price- It isn' t expensive, but, it still costs around $20.00 at most stores. There are many other good lights that can be bought for less than half the price.
Overall, I feel that this isn' t a " bad" light, but it isn' t that great either. If you want a light to use as a flashlight, save your money and get a mini-mag light. For safety though, this thing is priceless. I just can' t get over how far the light can be seen, but yet, how little illumination it has. If you want something to use in blood trailing, you can get the the " super white" light, but, I am not sure that it will be as good for safety. The one I have, well, blood tracking with this would be about as pointless as going bow-hunting with a Mathews
(had to throw that one in there)
The advertisements say that this will not hurt you night vision at all, but, just as any light, it actually does. I noticed no difference between how it and my mag-light affected my night vision.
I will be taking this light along with me on all my hunts from now on, but, it will not be used as a flashlight, I am just going to put it on my hat and carry my mini-mag light as a real light. It is just going to be there for added safety.