My first belt carried light was a Laser Products 6P, before they became SureFire. It was eventually replaced by a rechargeable Streamlight Stinger when those first became available. Both were backups for my SL20, which I carried as my primary light until retirement in 2005. The department eventually issued Stingers to everyone. When I started in the late ‘70s, The issue flashlight was a cheap plastic 2 “D” cell piece of crap. When we moved to a new station in 1994, all the lockers had electric outlets to charge the flashlights.