Streamlight Sidewinder Compact II
Hello, I’m Kevin Hayes, Federal & Military Sales Manager for Streamlight, here today
to talk about the Sidewinder Compact® II. Sidewinder Compact II is a revolutionary new
light that Streamlight has produced for the Federal Military space. It also has some law
enforcement applications. This is a very unique tactical individual
light that’s got some great features and benefits.
So today I would like to go through the features and benefits with you, and show you a little
bit about what this light can do. The Sidewinder Compact II features four different
color LEDs. White, for general illumination. Red, for night vision. Infrared, or IR, to
use with night optics or night vision goggles or night optical devices. And blue, for general
use and general signaling. To power on the light, you simply turn on
the push button on the bottom of the light to “On” and the light is initially going
to come on “Low” so that you can see, but not necessarily be seen in a tactical
environment. If you leave the button pushed in, you notice
that the light cycles up to “High” and back down to “Low.”
What this does is it gives you variable amounts of light that you can use for different tasks.
It will also help you conserve your battery power depending on the battery that you are using.
As we did with the white light, you can do
the same thing with the red and the blue, where you cycle up and cycle down in power
to get the light that you need. In addition, you can also use the infrared
in the same exact mode. The Sidewinder Compact II also features a
strobing function for all color LEDs. You simply double tap the on/off button at the
bottom, and every color will strobe; white, red, blue, and even infrared.
The Sidewinder Compact II comes in two standard kit packages.
One, as you see here, is the retail package, which includes all the items standard necessary
for the kit. And the other is a mailer box kit. This kit includes the same items, but
just not in retail packaging. The standard components for the Sidewinder
Compact II kit include the light, a Streamlight-branded CR123 3 volt lithium battery,
a helmet mount for a standard ballistic helmet, and an elastic hands-free strap that can be worn around the
head or neck with an attachment clip that can also be used on a MOLLE vest.
And what I’d like to do now is demonstrate these different accessories and how they would
fit onto your equipment. This is the attachment on the back that will
allow you to secure the mount to anywhere on to the helmet based on the thickness of
any helmet that you are wearing for a standard ballistic type.
You can mount it on either side or on the rear of your helmet.
And to attach Sidewinder Compact II to the standard ballistic helmet mount, all you do
is take the metal clasp, insert it into the larger end, pull it down to the smaller end.
You’ll feel it click. You can rotate it around 360 degrees, and
you can fan the light out 180 degrees for increased lighting capabilities.
In addition to standard ballistic helmets, many tactical operators now are using FAST type or ARC rail helmets.
So to keep up with this new trend, Streamlight has developed an optional helmet mount called the rail mount.
It's Streamlight part number 14057
As you can see here, the mount looks very similar to the standard ballistic mount,
and actually operates in the exact same way with the light.
The only difference is this mount first attaches to the rail adapter,
and then the rail adapter slides onto your external rail on your helmet.
And just like we did for the standard ballistic helmet with the Sidewinder Compact II, you push in, lock,
you have a 360 degree turn on the light,
and it also fans out 180 degrees for signaling or other lighting purposes.
Another great accessory and key component of the Sidewinder Compact II kit is the elastic hands-free strap.
You can see that here.
It has a plastic attachment clip on the front
and you simply, to insert the light, take the metal clip just like you did with the helmet mount,
and insert it right into the plastic clip.
And what this allows you to do is have hands-free light
for a work light or around your neck
for a map reading or document reading light when you don't want to wear your helmet.
The third feature of the elastic hands-free strap is the removable plastic clip on the front of the strap.
This removable clip will allow you to attach your light
onto a MOLLE vest or your MOLLE gear.
It gives you a north south reading light,
and it also gives you a convenient place to stow your light during daylight hours.
Here's the most exciting feature of the Sidewinder Compact II.
I'm going to demonstrate it by walking you through a simple exercise.
Let's say, as a tactical operator, you're out making an equipment check at 2 o'clock in the morning.
And you turn on your light, and no battery power.
So, you have to change batteries. So you're going to take off the battery cap,
you're going to empty the battery out.
So you reach into your pocket, and, wouldn't you know it, it never fails, all you have tonight are AA batteries.
So with every other tactical individual light on the market, you'd be out of luck.
Well at Streamlight, we find that unacceptable.
So we're going to let you take that AA battery, positive end down,
and place it right into the light.
You're going to secure the battery cover, and voilà, you have light.
You just used two different batteries to power one light.
So there you have it. That's the Sidewinder Compact II from Streamlight.
It's the world's first tactical individual light that runs on multiple batteries,
plus gives you the ability to connect to a standard ballistic helmet, a rail-mounted helmet,
or hands-free around your head or your neck, or even on your MOLLE vest.
Only from Streamlight.
Remember, Heroes Trust Streamlight. Thank you for watching.
Streamlight Sidewinder Compact II