Streamlight just announced the ProTac HL6. The HL-6 is the newest and brightest addition to their ProTac series of tactical lights. It has a whopping 5,300 lumens and impressive beam reach, as well as a using rechargeable batteries.
The ProTac HL-6
Streamlight’s ProTac HL-6 is made from 6000 series machined aircraft aluminum with an anodized finish and has an anti-roll face cap and a sure-grip rubber sleeve. The glass lens has a gasket-seal and an anti-reflective coating. It’s rated IPX7, making it waterproof to one meter for 30 minutes and impact resistance tested to one meter. Streamlight is billing it as a light that can fill many roles. They’re suggesting it for first responders, outdoor enthusiasts, industrial technicians and other users.
The ProTac HL 6 has a multi-function, easy-access head switch located in the traditional position. It allows for one-handed operation of the light’s momentary, variable intensity or strobe modes. On the high setting, the HL-6 delivers an eye melting 5,300 lumens and 80,000 candela out to over 566 meters. On medium, it offers 1,500 lumens, 23,000 candela and a 303-meter beam distance. On low, the light provides 450 lumens and 6,700 candela over 164 meters. Run time ranges from 12 hours and 30 minutes on low to two hours on high; in strobe mode, the light runs for four hours. Both the light output in all three modes and run times are impressive.
The HL-6 uses Streamlight’s TEN-TAP programming, which let’s you pick from three programs, so you can set the light how how it works best for you. You can set it for high/strobe/low (factory default); high only; or low/medium/high. I’m not a fan of cycling through to get to the setting I want, so it’s nice that you have choices with the HL-6.
The light is powered by two included 5000mAh SL-B48 protected Li-Ion USB-C rechargeable battery packs. They’re rechargeable up to 500 times so should give you years of use before the need replaced. The batteries have a USB charging slot located on the battery itself so no separate charger is needed, just a standard USB charging cable.
The ProTac HL 6 is 10.5 inches long and weighs 1.3 pounds with batteries installed. This isn’t a pocket light, but it also outperforms just about anything you could easily pocket too. The HL-6 is available in black and comes in two models, the ProTac HL 6 with a 120V USB adapter with an MSRP of $265, or the ProTac HL 6 without an adapter for $248. Both lights come with two SL-B48 Li-Ion battery packs, a USB-C “Y” charging cord and a lanyard. Like all of Steamlight’s products, they also come with Streamlight’s Limited Lifetime Warranty.
