TLR-1 and X200 comparison
Streamlight’s TLR-1 debuted just before the SHOT show 2006 and was seen in quite a few booths mounted on railed pistols. Sized a bit smaller than their M3 series, but slightly larger than SureFire’s X200, its retail price is less than half that of the X200, making it very attractive to those who wanted an X200-type LED light, but balked at the price. I won’t bother with the technical specs of the TLR-1; you can read them on the Streamlight website here. I’ll just go over some general features that might help people make up their minds about which one to get – X200 or TLR-1?
The TLR-1 is slightly heavier, and as I mentioned before, slightly larger than the X200. Some vendors had mentioned that it’d fit holsters meant for the X200, but I found this to be not the case. The TLR-1 will not fit my Safariland 6004 meant for the X200. It’ll fit rigid holsters sized for the M3, and soft nylon ones meant for railed pistols. That kind of pissed me off because I was hoping to use it in my 6004. Now, I can’t, and I’m not going to buy another holster just to fit it.