Streamlight Micro: My first decent light.

Just got my MS this morning. It has to be the neatest light I have ever owned. Bright, lightweight, and easy to carry. How many of you use the supplied lanyard? I can't decide to either use the clip in my pocket, or not. By the way, I'm glad I read the reviews here on CPF, because I remembered to lift the clip to avoid scratching the anodizing. Thanks for the warm welcome so far, and I'm looking forward to getting my next light!

ds960 said:

Just got my MS this morning. It has to be the neatest light I have ever owned. Bright, lightweight, and easy to carry. How many of you use the supplied lanyard? I can't decide to either use the clip in my pocket, or not. By the way, I'm glad I read the reviews here on CPF, because I remembered to lift the clip to avoid scratching the anodizing. Thanks for the warm welcome so far, and I'm looking forward to getting my next light!

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Good choice of first light,it was my first light also.Had mine I suppose about 4 or 5 years now and still in use,was my edc but now I use it for my r/c hobby trucks.Only downside of the light is the stiff push button but it is common on all MS.When the light flickers or fails to come on first time after a click,batteries need changing,like that clue.Tip to stop scratching pop a tiny piece of heat shrink like in the enclosed pic.

Itp A3 with heat shrink to stop scratching.

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Good start on The Micro. I just throw mine in my pocket and never had any problems with accidental activations. Don't sweat the scratching, the finish will wear off over time anyways. I have a buddy who has an older Micro where most of the anodizing has already worn off from use/wear, but it still works like a charm.

The clip on mine doesn't scratch the body when I change the battery. It sits just a hair away. I wonder if maybe they've fixed that issue or mine has just loosened the clip from carrying it clipped to my pocket.

I am still digging on my MS after about 2 weeks of carrying it around. It's a great little light. I don't even have much interest in putting a 10440 in it. If I want more lumens then I'll bust out a different light. So far this light is perfect for me just the way it is.

I agree with everyone else, the microstream is, IMO, the best light to add to your EDC (I use it as my backup). I have an ITP A3 EOS and even though the ITP has 3 modes and gets close to 100 lumens on high, the microstream has great throw (better than the ITP throws) and brightness for only being rated at 28 lumens. I have a few and I want to get a 10440 for one to see if I even need to bring a bigger light as my primary EDC.

I got this light about a two months ago with the new updated clip that lets you clip it on the bill of your hat (will never use this since I don't wear hats) and it works good. However. I've been wanting something around the same size, but brighter. I was looking at the stainless steel Jetbeam E3S, think its about 155lumens on a AA.

Anyone have any recommendations on max brightness on either AA or AAA configs while keeping the same size?


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Well, after the first 24 hours, I still am impressed! I did install an advanced lithium AAA, but I will be switching to an L92 at the end of the week to see if it makes a difference. I did notice the light is quite a bit brighter w/lithium vs. the Energizer alkaline that was packed with it.

I did notice one thing, though. The threads between the tail cap and the body are losing the anodizing, just from the couple of time I removed The cap to change the batteries, and it seems a bit rough to turn, but the threads are fine. Any suggestions to grease them up, along with the o ring, or should I just leave it alone?

GForGeep said:

I agree with everyone else, the microstream is, IMO, the best light to add to your EDC (I use it as my backup). I have an ITP A3 EOS and even though the ITP has 3 modes and gets close to 100 lumens on high, the microstream has great throw (better than the ITP throws) and brightness for only being rated at 28 lumens. I have a few and I want to get a 10440 for one to see if I even need to bring a bigger light as my primary EDC.

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As the owner of both I find the Itp a far better deal as I wear mine in a shirt pocket as an edc and having 3 modes is better for my line of use.

ds960 said:

I did notice one thing, though. The threads between the tail cap and the body are losing the anodizing, just from the couple of time I removed The cap to change the batteries, and it seems a bit rough to turn, but the threads are fine. Any suggestions to grease them up, along with the o ring, or should I just leave it alone?

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It is slight, but mine has the same issue. I wasn't even sure if I was seeing bare metal. But with the switch turned on the light will turn on before the top of the body hits the cap. I guess if you need the tailcap lockout to work then you're hosed. But it doesn't really matter to me other than thinking the anodizing should've been a little better quality.