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Very good general purpose flashlight, December 16, 2003

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Seppo Vesala (Helsinki, – Finland) – See all my reviews

  

Streamlight Scorpion is a very good general purpose flashlight, as the light is bright, and quite even when the beam is set tigth. The light is easy to operate with tailcap end click-on switch, but there is no separate momentary switch. You can depress the click-on switch halfway down to get the same effect, but that is not as good a solution as a separate momentary switch would have been.

The light is brigth with fresh batteries, but the light dims quite fast as the batteries are used. The light bulb heats up with constant use, and that can melt a hole into the plastic lens. That has happened twice to me, as the light has been clicked on accidentally without me noticing that. The light beam is adjustable, but when adjusted wide, there are some serious dark rings on the beam. The body of the flashlight is covered with rubber sleeve. I like the feel of that, although it is possible that the flashlight can stick to clothing when removed from pocket, but I haven’t any problems like that.

This flashlight is a very good choice for general purpose flashlight, and the price is reasonable. It is not suitable for a tactical light (for law enforcement, for example), mainly because it has no momentary switch.

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Make sure you’ve considered the Strion, too., February 20, 2006

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Eric F. Lichtfuss Jr. “eric” (Atlanta, GA United States) – See all my reviews

  

The light works wonderfully. It’s deceptively bright for its size, and it’s terribly durable. All around, it’s the quality and performance I’ve come to expect from Streamlight’s products (which is second to none). I’m fully satisfied.

The only word of “caution” I can offer is to make sure that you’ve thought seriously about the Strion flashlight, too.

Think about how much the light will actually be on. Think about how long it’ll be dormant. Do some homework on the maintanence of a Ni-Cad battery, and consider the Strion, too. I went with this light, knowing that when I use it, it’ll mostly be on for very short times, and that there might be periods of a month or two where I didn’t use it at all. All that down time could kill a ni-cad battery (I let that happen with my Stinger), and I would rather replace the lithiums a couple times a year, than the Ni-Cads even just once a year (cost and convenience).

If I was going to be using the light every day, and/or have it on for good chunks of time when I was using it, I would have bought the Strion, instead.

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Bright Light in a Small Package, March 5, 2003

The Streamlight Scorpion is a small light that puts out a lot of brightness for its size.

Powered by 2, 3-volt lithium batteries this flashlight is pretty small (both in diameter and length). You’ll be amazed how such a small flashlight can light up a room or an object at night.

The pushbutton switch is on the bottom of the light, so that might take getting used to. It’s a three function switch (on/off/momentary on). The body of the flashlight is coated with rubber, so it’s easy to grip if your hands are wet. However, this makes it difficult to bring out if you keep it in your pants pocket or a holster.

The beam quality is nice: no “holes” or “rings” in the spotlight.

Pluses: small size, bright light, manufacturer with good reputation for quality, lithium batteries have 10 year shelf life.

Minues: Takes 3-Volt lithium batteries (can be expensive), flashlight is fairly expensive.

This is a good light to keep in the car glove compartment for emergencies because it’s small and the lithium batteries will keep for a long time.

Would I buy this again? Yes, but because of the cost I would make sure that I don’t lose it.

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