Top 10 Ranked Tactical Flashlights of 2016

There are a handful of best-rated tactical flashlight brands out there, here are a few key players that stand out above the crowd due to exceptional descriptions and elaborate details about their Taclights. While many seem to offer the same features, benefits, claims, specifications and properties, there are a few that we found significantly better than the rest and will continue to update this space as we review and get our hands on more of them.

1. Shadowhawk X800 Tactical Flashlight

This company is out of New York. Features include:
  • 5 settings: low, medium, high, strobe, SOS
  • Telescoping beam of light (x1, x250, x500, x1000, x2000)
  • 100,000 hours
  • 5.1 inches long
  • Aircraft grade aluminum construction
  • They offer a promotional discount of 75% off
  • Cree XM-L T6 (LED emitter)

2. LumiTact G700

Sold by LumiTact out of Missouri. Again, same features as all the rest. This company, however, actually specifies how right the bulb can be:700 Lumens (hence the model number). They also clearly state their price, which is $56 (75% discount) and free shipping.
This company is also the only one which states its product is made by the National Protection Association. I suspect that the others are too, but like this company are co-branding the product.
Plus, if you go to the actual website of the NPA, they call their model the G700 too. If I were buying a military grade tactical LED flashlight, I’d probably stick with this one since it seems a bit more up-front about its origins and forthcoming with the data.

3. MilTac™ Military Taclight

Again, specs and features including the promotional discount are the same as the above. 

4. AlumiTact X700

Out of Minneapolis, this company sells what appears to be the same flashlight as the MilTac™.
Specs are the same. The promotional video is practically the same, too.

5.  Fenix PD35

6. Streamlight ProTAC

7. BrightMAX 3000

8. J5 Tactical V1-Pro Flashlight

9. HyBeam

10. Solaray Pro ZX-1

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