Streamlight Stinger Ds or PolyStinger Ds

Ok, I'm looking to take the plunge on one or the other! The PolyStinger will be available after the 19th and it has 185Lm while the Alum. Stinger has 140Lm. I will be spending a lot of time on bike patrol this spring so the poly seems like it would be nice weight wise but I don't know how durable it will be? Any ideas would be appreciated especially by Stinger DS owners of the 140Lm model. I did place a add in the want section for a used Stinger DS 140Lm version so I will see what happens! Thanks

I have a polystinger that is used hard. It has held up well over the years, and doesnt look as beat up as the Stinger led I have. The stinger led i have has been upgraded to the c4 model and is a nice light. I just got a polystinger led a couple days ago. The light has a cree in it and is plenty bright. Either light is a good choice.

Dorkwheeler said:

I have a polystinger that is used hard. It has held up well over the years, and doesnt look as beat up as the Stinger led I have. The stinger led i have has been upgraded to the c4 model and is a nice light. I just got a polystinger led a couple days ago. The light has a cree in it and is plenty bright. Either light is a good choice.

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How do you know if it has Cree in it? Thats another worry of mine...I guess the poly's will be ok but the Alum. ones it can be a crap shoot.

I think the Al- Stinger is a great light for bussines, for use every day.
I wait for the Polystinger, i cant trust, that the Polystinger has more Output. But i will see.

Looks like the Poly Stinger will be available after the 19th of this month...I am leaning towards the regular stinger but I want to make sure I get the 140 Lumen model but how can you tell? I know the add may say C4 but I have heard that there are still old 80 Lumen models on the shelf. So does C4 necessarily mean Cree???

C4 in the aluminum stinger means it is the 140 lumen model. I heard somewhere on cpf that the later aluminum c4's have a cree but I am not sure. My c4 aluminum stinger has a K2.

Dorkwheeler said:

C4 in the aluminum stinger means it is the 140 lumen model. I heard somewhere on cpf that the later aluminum c4's have a cree but I am not sure. My c4 aluminum stinger has a K2.

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Just so I know I'm right, if it says C4 it is the 140 Lumen model?

yes

Dorkwheeler said:

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Great! Thanks for the info. That was one of my biggest concerns! How do you like your C4??

Just so you know, I upgraded my old 80 lumen Stinger LED to the new LED that is in the C4 version, and it is not any brighter. It has a warmer tint but that is about it. It is still one of my favorite lights. I have two high capacity batteries for mine and they should get about 2.5 hours runtime on high, although I have never timed them.

Mike

mikekoz said:

Just so you know, I upgraded my old 80 lumen Stinger LED to the new LED that is in the C4 version, and it is not any brighter. It has a warmer tint but that is about it. It is still one of my favorite lights. I have two high capacity batteries for mine and they should get about 2.5 hours runtime on high, although I have never timed them.

Mike

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Are your batteries after market?

So far the Streamlight C4's are using the luxeon K2 TFFC LED.

Bill

sport69 said:

Are your batteries after market?

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Yes, they are 3000mAh NIMH batteries that I got off Ebay a few years ago and they have worked great. I really should test runtime on them, but never seem to get around to it.

Mike

mikekoz said:

Yes, they are 3000mAh NIMH batteries that I got off Ebay a few years ago and they have worked great. I really should test runtime on them, but never seem to get around to it.

Mike

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Mike is this the battery you have?

3000mah battery

sport69 said:

Mike is this the battery you have?

3000mah battery

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That looks an awful lot like mine except the end of the ones I have that goe into the light are black, and not green. The specs are the same though! Good price on those...I may pick up a few more!:thumbsup:

Woo Hoo! Ordered my SL Stinger DS from Bright Guy today very nice guy and he price matched opticsplanet price for me!!! great deal, I came very close to purchasing the Polystinger but they are not in stock as of yet. I may just purchase the poly later since I will already have the chargers. :twothumbs

I saw an aluminum C4 stinger today with a cree in it. It looks like the latest lights are using cree's.

sport69 said:

Woo Hoo! Ordered my SL Stinger DS from Bright Guy today very nice guy and he price matched opticsplanet price for me!!! great deal, I came very close to purchasing the Polystinger but they are not in stock as of yet. I may just purchase the poly later since I will already have the chargers. :twothumbs

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I was going to purchase one of these from Brightguy, but I wanted to find out if the new versions of the light had a Cree, but they never responded to my email.

Mike

Thats a good question powernoodle?