Weapon mounted lights. Specifically pistol.

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There are 983913719 companies out there right now that make a decent kydex holster that will fit whatever platform you own + light of your choice.

You will always be able to shoot better with both hands on your pistol AND should you be in a CQ situation, you have your other hand free. This logic has no regard as to if you life in an apartment, condo, house, or mansion. If someone is in your house you might have to defend yourself within 10 paces.
 

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I have night-lights scattered throughout the house (bedrooms, bath, hall, den, & living room). Easier to make bathroom trips at night, and won't draw fire from an intruder if the alarm goes off.

YMMV. :drunk2:
 

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I have night-lights scattered throughout the house (bedrooms, bath, hall, den, & living room). Easier to make bathroom trips at night, and won't draw fire from an intruder if the alarm goes off.

YMMV. :drunk2:

Exactly. My nightlights are situated so that anyone in the house is going to cast a reflection on an opposing wall. If that wall is black, I know someone is standing there or has removed the nightlight and is standing where it used to be.
We have a city provided mercury vapor light on the power pole that illuminates the back and side yards, LED area lighting in the front. All of our windows are floor to ceiling, with a tint so with the existing lighting I don’t need a weapon mounted light. We also have motion detector lights, cameras around, some are battery backup.
It’s not a sophisticated system, just a hodge lodge of different ways to secure the area when we live in the sticks and help is a long way off.
 

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Oh I am sure there have been a dozen or more threads about this.

But I’ll start by issuing an apology. Once upon a time I argued that weapon lights are not a good idea and a waste of time and effort just to look tacticool. Now.... as I have aged.... as my eyes have grown older.... my body grown older.... I am leaning towards putting one on my in house defense pistol.

What’s the highest lumens you should realistically need to work a house in the instance there is an intruder? Better yet, what of you need to go outside to locate the source of a noise or disturbance? Is there a good, “all purpose”, lumen range?

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Hopefully already mentioned but you shouldn't be out side with a weapon mounted light trying to "locate the source of a noise or disturbance". So you effectively would be pointing a loaded weapon, to utilized the light, at an unknown cause of a noise or disturbance in a stressful situation all the while said noise or disturbance could be a loved one. Weapon mounted lights have their place but they sure as hell don't take the place of a good quality hand held light.

If you must have a mounted light then it is generally best to have a higher lumen but in a flood pattern. A wide flood will illuminate much more of a larger room or area thus picking up other "bad guys" that would normally be out of the range a light with a spot type beam.
 

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I would not go outside to investigate a "noise". I will protect myself inside. To go outside puts you in there world. I'd call the cops if the action was outside. OK is a little like WA, you can't just shoot somebody because they are say messing with your car/property. Shooting is meant to stop the threat, not to kill.
 

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I would not go outside to investigate a "noise". I will protect myself inside. To go outside puts you in there world. I'd call the cops if the action was outside. OK is a little like WA, you can't just shoot somebody because they are say messing with your car/property. Shooting is meant to stop the threat, not to kill.

Agreed. Let the folks that get paid to investigate that stuff do it.
 

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