Streamlight Sidewinder Military Handheld vs Insight HX200?

itsonlyme said:

Can someone help me to decide whether the Insight HX200 is any better or worse than my Streamlight Sidewinder?
Both are made in the USA, The Sidewinder is less brighter but takes AA Lithium batteries and has been approved by the military as for waterproof and drop testing according to MIL-STD.

The HX200 has many programmable light modes whish is very confusing...

The HX200 as I heard, is not made anymore by Insight.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/22...ith-batteries-3-cr123a-lithium-aluminum-black

Should I just buy the HX200 or should I stick with the Sidewinder?
In a room, the Sidewinder is bright enough, and even has an IR feature.

Thanks

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itsonlyme said:

So would you say that the Sidewinder would be the winner compared to the Insight HX200?
In terms of lack of brightness on the Sidewinder, I can live with that.

1100 Lumens? That's a bit too much
http://www.streamlight.com/en-us/product/product.html?pid=301

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itsonlyme said:

Thanks for the other light recommendations.
I just wanted to compare the Sidewinder vs the Insight HX200 only. Nothing else.
So you think the Sidewinder would be the best option as opposed to the Insight HX200?

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