Miscellany: Streamlight ProTac 1L-1AA review

Hurricane season is coming, and that means potentially losing power for days at a time. The best EDC flashlight I've found for such situations is the Streamlight ProTac 1L-1AA. The Streamlight can take CR123A, AA, and even AAA batteries without the need for different body tubes or adapters. How? There's an internal spacer spring that allows the flashlight to accept the wildly varying lengths and widths of the three battery types, and smart circuitry steps down the output for when you're running with non-CR123 cells.

Physically, the ProTac 1L-1AA features a bidirectional pocket clip (perfect for clipping onto a baseball cap to use as a headlamp), a momentary/constant-on tailcap, and the "TEN-TAP" programming found on most of the ProTac line (I usually just lock the light into high mode and call it good). While the 1L-1AA doesn't put out as much light as the competition, its unparalleled versatility makes it much more useful when the grid's down.