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E tan e epi tas |
I find it a bit annoying that EVERY flashlight these days seems to have the “disco setting” and I was just wondering if they REALLY are used for defensive/offensive type uses by folks who really might do so? "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | ||
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I have the strobe feature specifically disabled on my weaponlights, since I don't use it, and it only serves to frustrate me when I activate it inadvertently when trying to do brief momentary lighting. (For those who are wondering, Streamlight TLR-1S and TLR-1HL lights have a button press system to disable the strobe feature. Press briefly down on the momentary lever 10x, and hold down on the 10th push for 5ish seconds. After 5ish seconds, the light should flash and turn off, letting you know the strobe is successfully disabled. Repeat it to enable strobe again, if you decide you want it in the future.) | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best |
You, sir, are my hero. I've hated that stupid strobe mode for years, and now it's gone. Ya learn something new every day! | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
Now you know, and...   | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
The strobe tends to do well disorienting drunks but that is about it. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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For real? |
Never used it. It always turns on when I don't want it. If I can turn it off on my WMLs and handhelds, I turn it off. Not minority enough! | |||
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Useless feature and an annoyance. I guess it MIGHT be useful if you were lost in the wilderness and were trying to signal search aircraft. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I have disabled the feature on my Streamlights as well. I don’t need it for my uses. | |||
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And rookie cops. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I am neither type, but I can see it being as dazzling or disorienting to the user as the person it is being used on. | |||
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| E tan e epi tas |
Thanks that’s about what I suspected. I as well disable the strobe where possible. Although I guess if you are plugging a tango full auto and you want to show him the old bullets going backwards magic trick before he dies....well there is that use.  "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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I don't think I'm high speed, but nope... don't use strobe. | |||
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Not on WML but it comes in handy on a regular flashliht when getting people's attention in traffic at accident scenes and flagging in the ambulance when you're in a backyard or bushes. DPR | |||
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^^^THIS. Couldn't agree more. | |||
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Thank God for this. I'm doing this to every TLR-1 I own right now... And thank you for posting that. I've always hated the strobe feature. ________________ tempus edax rerum | |||
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To the OP, no. Ignem Feram | |||
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Which is why I use mine on a weekly basis! ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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| Not One of the Cool Kids  |
No. The only time they might be useful is disorientation during HR and that can be just as easily and more effectively accomplished in manual mode. I've never heard of anyone in legit SWAT actually using strobes. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Is it possible to disable the strobe function on a TLR-7? ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| E tan e epi tas |
Yes it uses Streamlights typical 10 tap system. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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