Light is an essential aspect of self defense and home defense. Many violent crimes occur under cover of darkness, and if you can’t see what’s in front of you, you won’t be able to defend yourself against it effectively. This is why every defense-oriented firearm we own — rifle, shotgun, or pistol — is equipped with a weapon light. We’ve tested and reviewed countless different weapon lights over the years, but recently had an opportunity to get our hands on two variants of a new light design: the Valhalla Tactical Baldr SOL and the HRT Advanced Weapon Light System (AWLS). The two companies collaborated to produce a family of weapon lights with Valhalla’s clever omni-directional activation switch. Read on for our review and impressions of the Baldr SOL and HRT AWLS.
HRT & Valhalla Tactical Collab
The photo above shows a HRT AWLS prototype we received for testing. Shortly after we received it, we also received Valhalla Tactical’s final production version of the light design, known as the Valhalla Tactical Baldr SOL. Both lights are clearly based on the same architecture, and each offers a full-size 18650/2x CR123 version as well as a compact 18350/1x CR123 version. Both lights use the same Valhalla Tactical ODA…
