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Streamlight Scorpion upgrade advice

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December 07, 2020, 08:14 AM
dewhorse
Streamlight Scorpion upgrade advice
I have an old Scorpion that I rarely use since the light it puts out is pitiful compared to all my other lights.

I found an LED upgrade and was hoping some of our flashlight geeks would voice their opinion on it and/or the company.

https://www.lumensfactory.com/...t_detail.php?pid=380
December 07, 2020, 09:05 AM
83v45magna
quote:
Originally posted by dewhorse:
I have an old Scorpion that I rarely use since the light it puts out is pitiful compared to all my other lights.

I found an LED upgrade and was hoping some of our flashlight geeks would voice their opinion on it and/or the company.

https://www.lumensfactory.com/...t_detail.php?pid=380

I loved my Scorpion and used the hell out of it, and would love to resurrect it. It even has teeth marks on it from me holding it in my mouth while working on things. But at $38.50, why I wouldn't just buy a new light is beyond me.


I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11

...But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory, but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. - Psalm 63:11 [excerpted]
December 07, 2020, 09:06 AM
lastmanstanding
I picked up a new O Light mini for my Scorpion on Black Friday and it's great. But we are not talking the same kind of Scorpion.

At 850 lumens to the one you linked it certainly should be a improvement over what you have. Do you have any idea what the rated lumens are for your existing bulb?


"Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton
December 07, 2020, 02:17 PM
dewhorse
I bought it in the early 2000s so I would wager less than 150 lumens
December 07, 2020, 03:04 PM
snidera
shitty runtime & you lose the focus (which isn't that useful, to be honest)
You can get a better light for similar money or better for a little more.
I like the scorpion, but not enough to spend $ upgrading - it was good in it's time, but tech has bypassed it.
December 07, 2020, 06:52 PM
muzzleloader
quote:
Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
I picked up a new O Light mini for my Scorpion on Black Friday and it's great. But we are not talking the same kind of Scorpion.

At 850 lumens to the one you linked it certainly should be a improvement over what you have. Do you have any idea what the rated lumens are for your existing bulb?


That was a good deal Lastman, alas I was too slow and they were gone. Enjoy.


"The days are stacked against what we think we are." Jim Harrison
December 07, 2020, 09:02 PM
83v45magna
I have been waiting to find a good cheap close range flood type LED/reflector that will make it a good work light for vehicles and such but with long runtimes. I have other lights that are 'throwers'.
Looking for the same for a Pelican M6.