Streamlight quality!

[Beard Man]

Hi everyone!
Do all Streamlight Strion LED flashlights have this horrible beam profile: blue rings around hot spot?
Plus LED was badly off center!

 

[wacbzz]

That is for sure not a SL Strion beamshot, and if it really is coming from a "Streamlight," you've a fake my friend. I use one every day at work...

 

[bykfixer]

I have never seen any blue at all from any of my streamlight products.

I take that back, I have an ancient stylus 3aaaa (that's correct, 4a's) that touted "ice blue beam" back when 12 lumens from an LED was huge.
My late model streamlights (strion, tl2, stinger etc) have copy paper white beams and newer stuff (scorpion, various protac's and a pair of polytacs) have a hint of neutral.

 

[Beard Man]

That is for sure not a SL Strion beamshot, and if it really is coming from a "Streamlight," you've a fake my friend. I use one every day at work...

Yes,it's a Streamlight Strion LED,I bought it from BrightGuy.
The package was received today and today I sent it back.
If I ever buy a flashlight, then I will buy it from BrightGuy. Outstanding customer service!


P.S. BrightGuy can sell fakes?

 

[Firebottle]

I have a stylus pro I use for minor inspections at work.
Never had any issues with it. Good beam profile. Nice defined hot spot without the blue rings you described.

 

[DayofReckoning]

My brother bought a Streamlight ProTac that has a badly off center LED. Is the LED centered decently on your sample?

 

[Beard Man]

My brother bought a Streamlight ProTac that has a badly off center LED. Is the LED centered decently on your sample?

Forgot to mention.Yes,LED was badly off center,this is the first thing that caught my eye.

 

[bykfixer]

Bright Guy sells genuine articles. Good seller.
It sounds like the factory let some junk out the door. That's too bad.

 

[Beard Man]

Bright Guy sells genuine articles. Good seller.
It sounds like the factory let some junk out the door. That's too bad.

I am quite sure that BrightGuy does not sell counterfeits, but the fact that Streamlight's quality has fallen, is certainly frustrating.

A beam profile and a badly offset LED,are not acceptable to me at this price.

 

[bykfixer]

I whole heartedly agree beard man.

The Strion used to be aimed at law officers for backup lights. So quality control should be paramount in my view.

 

[DayofReckoning]

Not to fuel the fire, but FWIW, my brother, an adomant Streamlight fanboy, also recently bought another Streamlight light, can't remember exactly which model, but it was missing a battery contact spring, brand new straight from the package. Yes, a totally non functioning, incomplete light.

Was it a return that someone messed with? Or has their quality control gone that far downhill? I do not know, but I have my suspicions.