Insight XTI Procyon review

[OverToad]

I finally after a long wait, I received the new Insight XTI Procyon. I've always been a bit of a weapon light nut and thought I'd add this to my collection as well. After the LED weapon lights hit the market, I've put to rest my old M3X in favor of the Surefire X200b and X300. Even bought the TRL-1 and Insight SSL.

The new XTI Procyon is a rated 125-150 Lumen LED and the reflector has an add shape to it. It has long groves in the reflector. I have no idea what this does. The switch is independent and has a strobe feature. You push down twice to activate the strobe. The light is really small and even shorter than the short Surefire X200B. It fits tight on the Glock 35 and has adjustable rail to tighten it if needed. Once on the Glock, I tested it out at night in a dark room. The light is very bright. Throws a very nice tight hotspot and a very good flood. It's without a doubt brighter than any of my weapon lights. The quality is very good. The finish is textured and matches the Glock finish very well. I'm very happy with it and it's replaced my 300X and 200B for duty use.







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[Face_N_The_Crowd]

Thank you for the post. It looks promising. I'd love to see a pic of it outside and searching for something at like 50 yrds. Also, while I am sure it will do great - I'd love to hear it made it through 1k rounds.

Thanks again

[NCPatrolAR]

This is the first review of this light I've seen. Are they out on the markt for commerical sales yet? Also, has anyone done any kind of durability tests with these yet?

[ToddG]

I've probably put ~500 rounds through my M&P9 wearing a Procyon. So far, no troubles. That might double tomorrow night at the range. I got mine about a month ago when I was up in Manchester meeting with Insight.

The only video I have of it strobing was done with an IR camera, so you lose some of the effect. It's been posted to M4C before, so sorry for the repeat to those who've already seen it:
Procyon at Rogers

My only complaint is the switching. The strobe feature requires a weird double-bump of the switch to turn on. While it's not hard to do, it takes a little practice and I'm doubtful whether it will be intuitive under stress. If you watch the video, you'll see that I fumbled it at least once ... and that was just during one segment of one low light drill. Earlier in the night I was having a hell of a time getting it to strobe while still doing other stuff like, you know, shooting.



It's not a fatal fault and I've been using the Procyon as my nightstand weapon light. Still, hopefully Insight will come out with optional switching configurations for folks who want the strobe to be the default action when the momentary switch is pressed.

[JLM]

I've probably put ~500 rounds through my M&P9 wearing a Procyon. So far, no troubles. That might double tomorrow night at the range. I got mine about a month ago when I was up in Manchester meeting with Insight.

The only video I have of it strobing was done with an IR camera, so you lose some of the effect. It's been posted to M4C before, so sorry for the repeat to those who've already seen it:
Procyon at Rogers

My only complaint is the switching. The strobe feature requires a weird double-bump of the switch to turn on. While it's not hard to do, it takes a little practice and I'm doubtful whether it will be intuitive under stress. If you watch the video, you'll see that I fumbled it at least once ... and that was just during one segment of one low light drill. Earlier in the night I was having a hell of a time getting it to strobe while still doing other stuff like, you know, shooting.



It's not a fatal fault and I've been using the Procyon as my nightstand weapon light. Still, hopefully Insight will come out with optional switching configurations for folks who want the strobe to be the default action when the momentary switch is pressed.

Todd, I really hope they listen to you on that one, because its a bit of a deal breaker for ME.

[VA_Dinger]

Interesting, what is the price on these?

I've been mildly pleased with my SSL-1 but not enough to totally replace my X200's.

The Procyon's strobe feature does sound interesting though.

[DBautista]

Interesting, what is the price on these?

I would like to know as I also own an x200. I would be great to have another reliable light.

[ToddG]

I shot an email to one of my contacts at Insight asking for delivery info and their guess at street price. A few web sites seem to be advertising them at around the $120 mark.

[Dave L.]

I shot an email to one of my contacts at Insight asking for delivery info and their guess at street price. A few web sites seem to be advertising them at around the $120 mark.

That would be a sweet price.

[ToddG]

Put approximately 800 rounds through the pistol tonight with the XTI Procyon installed. Zero problems with the light, except that it fits a little loose (a common issue with M&Ps and lights, I've found). Gun had no problems, light still works great. Showed it to a buddy, I think he's added it to his wish list.