Streamlight flashlights and lanterns
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 25, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
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- 1report to CPSC
- Jan 25, 2013the latest report was made
- Jan 25, 2013the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Streamlight
- Maker
- Streamlight, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Flashlights and lanternsCPSC’s product type: Flashlights or Battery-powered Lanterns (code 639), in Yard & Garden: Outdoor Lighting
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2013 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Jan 25, 2013, sent to the company Feb 8, 2013, published by CPSC Apr 4, 2013
The product, in the report: Streamlight Twintask 2L
This is a report on a Streamlight TwinTask 2L.
Wednesday night, January 23, 2013 I took it with me on a walk and it was not working right. The next morning (yesterday) I changed the 2 lithium batteries because they tested below 2 volts. I had 3 fresh [REDACTED] batteries & tested them before inserting them, 1 was under 3v, the other 2 were good & I put the good ones in the light.
This is a 3 stage light – switch on once to get bright setting, click again & get that bulb + 3 LEDs or again & LEDs only. The first 2 stages are what quit working; the LEDs worked. When I tested the batteries I thought the LEDs might have required less power thus they kept working. But as the bright bulb didn’t light when I replaced the batteries I figured that the bright bulb could have burned out – or that the switch was bad. I brought the light w/new batteries to the office, put it on my desk. Late afternoon I checked it again, LEDs would only come on very faintly (indicating to me that something had drained the batteries since I installed them). I went to Streamlight’s website. Saw that this light is discontinued, but I sent an email about having it tested/repaired/replaced.
About 30-45 minutes later I was on the phone at my desk when it went “bam” and shot a 12” flame out the switch hole and kept burning like a flame thrower. Though the flame shrunk within seconds several papers on my desk were then on fire. I grabbed the light by the strap, thank goodness for the strap because the light was extremely hot - and took it out the front door where it continued to flame for a couple of minutes.
I have probably 6-10 lights with these types of batteries. I’ve gone through probably 50 batteries of this brand over maybe 6-8 years. I don’t mix batteries as they warn. I have had no problem with any other light. I’m suspicious about the switch or circuits in this one – which of course, are now cooked! This is the only light I’ve had until now that had a 3 stage switch, the rest were on/off or brief burst.
I have contacted Streamlight, they have requested the flashlight be sent in for forensic testing. They say it is a battery problem, that they are aware of these problems, but the problems are always battery, not flashlight related.
- Model
- Twintask 2L
- UPC
- unkown
- Serial number
- none
- Bought from
- unknown
- Bought
- Jan 4, 2010, about then
- Where
- Pompano Beach, Florida: Other Public Property/
Office - Who was involved
- Age 51, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Streamlight, made or sold by Streamlight, Inc.
- Reports CPSC links to it
- 20130227-4CE53-1309183
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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