Streamlight 14307 Sidewinder Stalk 76-Lumen Hands-Free Gear Mounted Flexible Task Light with White/Red/Blue/IR LEDs, Coyote

This light is very good. I had bought a less expensive head light and it did not work the way I wanted it. In order to change lights you had to cycle by pushing the same button. This light has a wheel that allows you to select and stay on that light type. If I have any gripe its that the red light could be stronger but typically the red light is meant to be dark part of that is so it doesn't affect your eye's night vision. The IR and regular lights are bright and it has multiple ways to mount. I have it mounted to my helmet and it works great

These are very nice little lights. It’s made to be mounted onto a tactical helmet or molle webbing. It’s for close up administrative purposes, not illumination at a distance. It has white light, red/blue/green light, and IR. All three light choices can also be set to a strobe function. Each light setting has 3 levels of intensity. The gooseneck is perfect. Highly recommended.

I have been running this light on my helmet for the past year and it has held up really well. The IR on it works better than I thought when purchasing. I have also used this light on my hats while camping with my family. The battery life gets roughly 30 hrs of use. The light is surprisingly strong for the size of this thing. The light throw is effective up to 15-20 feet and the IR is roughly the same. It is a nice light in a small form factor and has many use cases. This is an essential to anyone's kit.

It's great in a zero light environment. But it's not bright enough in medium to low light environments. The IR IFF beacon works great. The IR illuminator is about the same brightness as on the PVS-14. The switch is very intuitive. The flexible boom on the light is a game changer. It allows you to keep your light signature localized while performing tasks. I really like the high, medium, low option. I don't think that the blue light option is bright enough to follow a blood trail though.

I bought this to replace my x2AA Sidewinder, but decided to keep both. The Stalk is better for use with night operations since it has a built in IR strobe identifier, but it lacks the spotlight throw distance of the original. The light on the Stalk is much more diffused, which I think is better for navigating or simply lighting up a room. It easily lit up a 2 car garage with almost no dark corners like a floodlight. Whereas the original has a confined beam, but with an additional brightness setting (4 vs the Stalk's 3). If you can only get one the Stalk would do you better being more versatile, but if you're looking for something more like a typical flashlight that shines over distance then go with the OG.

I’ve used a bunch of similar products since the early 2000s (from Princeton Tech, Surefire, and others) but none have the feature set that this Streamlight packs. The flex arm is perfectly tensioned and allows full 90 degree bends, while the LEDs have extensive adjustment from dim to plenty bright, so both quite-usable white umbrella lighting or barely-visible red (or blue or green) map reading light is possible using the same product. Plus, there’s an infrared light and beacon, which eliminates the need for separate devices on one’s helmet. The IR setting on the twist dial has a raised hump to distinguish it from other modes, and the IR beacon is simple to actuate but includes a manual safety to prevent inadvertent activation. I decided to go with the velcro mounting solution, though I considered using the ARC rail and MOLLE connection method. I couldn’t find any faults with any of the methods. The ability to use either AA or CR123A batteries without any tools or adapters is just icing on the cake. This is the best-designed multi-use military / LE utility light and strobe that I’ve worked with. I bought two.

I bought ad a gift for my son who is a military pilot. He attached this to his helmet. loves it.

The particular unit I received does not progress to the third level of brightness per color as I imagined it should, it turns off after holding down the button into the second brightness level.