Thoughts on cheap lights? I might throw it on my Glock+chassis backpack fun and may pop a raccoon browsing the trash at night occasionally and LARP in the woods with it while camping. Also, thoughts on rechargeable lights? Or batteries I can replace while camping? I do have solar powered battery bank but it takes a while to charge stuff and don’t want to leave gun at camp.
>>65563690you are throwing your money awaythats itnow should weaponlights cost hundreds? no not reallyhowever when you buy a cheap pos it will break its just a matter of when and it will have zero holster compatibility with anything.if you wanna be poor just have a normal flashlight on you. its more useful anyways.
>>65563697I agree pistol+flashlight is a great combo, but i am asking in context of weapon mounted light on a braced pistol. I figured cheap anything gun related will break but the high reviews made me wonder. I may try holding a flashlight with the braced pistol.
>>65563690Streamlight pistol lights are legitimately fine, as are their rifle lights. Surefires shouldn't cost $300+ but they are the gold standard for a reason. If you're getting filtered by streamlight prices it's time to rethink some things.
>>65563708>the high reviews made me wonderthey liedamazon reviews mean nothing
>>65563708>the high reviews made me wonderPoverty tier gun reviews are 99%, "I havent used it yet but it seems great! Five stars" and 1% "i have put 500 or more rounds through it and it hasn't broken yet". I wouldn't take them at face value
>>65563718>>65563720I’ve seen blatant examples of AI fake reviews that all followed the same formula when I was looking at e-bikes
>>65563690this should be the bare minimum for entry. anything cheaper than this and you're tossing money in the trash.
>>65563727Basedlove these things
>>65563690if you get the light out of the box, smack it with a hammer a few times, fire the gun, and it doesn't flicker off or do anything weird, it's probably fine even if it's cheap. amazon will take it as a return even if you beat the shit out of it if you lie to them. flashlights aren't some magical unsolved tech, just be prepared that you might be buying junk that falls apart immediately. look for something with metal construction if you can.
>>65563727Is that from Hazard Freight?
>>65563690>>65563708>braced pistolJust get Streamlight or Inforce. Buy used on eBay if you want to pinch pennies. Holosun too.
>>65563759not them, but yes
>>65563690>>65563708No, you need to spend $50+ minimum. Normal cheapie flashlights will not last long due to the heat and motion associated with firing the weapon. Weapon lights are designed to be reinforced against these, and that reinforcement is what makes them more expensive.>t. learned this the hard way after buying cheapie Amazon weapon lights when I was a broke college student
>>65563690I get chink knockoff streamlights and haven't had a problem. Even my knockoff rmr still holds zero. I also abuse my guns so it's not like they're being babied. I'm pretty convinced that since everything is outsourced to china these are parts coming out of the same factory
>>65563727Yeah this is the absolute basement floor level of what can be considered a workable WML, literally anything a tiny bit less is basically airsoft bait. >>65563712I was made a believer in SF after my brother's lived right next to the muzzle of a 10.5" AR getting the absolute shit blasted out of it for years, getting caled with carbon, but still working without a hitch throughout.
>>65563980>yeah I basically have premium products they just have a diff logo, trustwhat level of povertyfag cope is this
>>65563690You don't need my permission to be a fool, go off fren
>>65563690I wouldn't put anything cheaper than Olight or Sig on a nightstand gun.Streamlight for carry. Fuck surefire.
>>65563718They do if you actually start going through them and breaking down percentages and numbers.
>>65563690>$13 weapon lightmaybe for airshit but i wouldnt trust it to not die under actual recoil
>>65564037The mark of quality of them to me is Streamlight suing Harbor Fright. They wouldn't have bothered with the suit if they didn't view them as a threat.
>>65564038No, logo is the same too. When I first bought chinkshit it was cheap enough that I didn't care if it didn't work. Everything still works so why the fuck should I pay a premium for a benefit I'll probably never realize.
I got the olight baldr which is like 130. Reddit hates it. It lights up. The laser holds fine, I've shot 300 rounds with it. I'm not like some tactical cop guy, don't think it's intelligent to spend $300 on a pistol light. If it quits working I will unclip it and remove it but I'm happy with it.
>>65563727OP here. I did in fact buy this today for my braced pistol. Once I get my sparc2 in the mail I can take it to the range.
>>65564038He's right though. The actual components are often the same the only difference is the quality control, the housings, logos, packaging, extra functions and warranty.
>>65563744K.I.S.S.Beats out all the high speed low drag BS
>>65564575I had to move the light up one notch so I could fold the brace. Once I save up some money I’m putting a cheap can on it too. A budget camp gun.
>>65563690WML's are a solved product. Literally any price point will work. I've had free temu lights that went over 2500 some rounds of 124gr +p before I sold it off for holster compatibility. WML's are solved genuinely but faggots holding the streamlight and surefire bag are left bitching with sour grapes
>TFW YOU GOT A MALKOFF COMING IN FEELS GOOD, MAN.
>>65564624put your temu trash next to a muzzle brake and rip off a mag, post the results
>>65564624> faggots holding the streamlight and surefire bag are left bitching with sour grapesAnon my light cost all of $150 and I know it's going to survive whatever abuse I send its way and then some, why the fuck is that going to make me jealous of a shittier product with a price difference that's less than the overtime I accumulate every week?
>>65564652do you keep your lights next to your muzzle brake?
>>65564664>not putting the head of the light next to your lantac dragon with a 8 inch 5.56NGMI my dude.
>>65564664NTA but that's a very common placement for WMLs.
>>65564699grim
>>65564738It's really not a big deal (if your light is designed to take it).
Whatever you do don't buy olight, feyachi, or any other amazon mystery bin garbage. The bare minimum is that harbor freight TLR1 knockoff, I don't personally have one but I've heard pretty good things about them online. A good weapon light will probably be around $100, you can get a used TLR1 if you look hard enough or an inforce or something. Remember why you're actually getting a light, PID is a myth and you should just shoot at noises
>>65563712Streamlight is fine.>>65564180>>65564505Olight almost got me killed. Never again, not even for free. Actually I'd consider one for free if it was for a range toy, and I had something else in case it decided not to work on range day. On a gun that has even the smallest chance of winding up in a "serious" use case? Absolutely not, because if you find yourself needing a WML and it doesn't work, you're basically fucked.
>>65563727Love mine
>>65564575you did good, op. they're fantastic lights for the money.
>>65563690I got a p07 shortly after it debuted and it came with a cheap light. It's not the best light but it's certainly functional and takes the standard lithium batteries other lights use.
>>65563690I wouldn't get anything with a plastic housing, and I'm assuming that thing is made of plastic.
>>65563690When spending money you should consider the following:Does the item go between you and the ground?Are you likely to depend on the item for your safety/could it harm you if it fails?Beds, shoes, boots and chairs are worth paying at the higher end of what is reasonable for. You'll spend less in the long run and your joints and back will last longer.If you're a proper working man and you crawl around on the ground, good quality clothes are also important and can usually be repaired.If you might potentially depend on something for your life, you should buy the best one you can. Ideally buy one and beat it to fuck in training so you know its limits, and then buy another one.When your $14 Gmconn light fails at a critical moment, you will deserve whatever the consequences are. (Probably nothing lol, but maybe something. Hope it was worth it.)
>>65564699common placement for people who aren't well thought out or considerate, perhaps.It's all downside and no upside.
>>65565581the nuts and bolts are probably rejected pot metal that is more fragile than plastic
>>65564935>Olight almost got me killedHurrdurr why don't you just fucking tell us the story instead of making us ask.
>>65563727Picked up one myself it’s not to bad. For less than 50$ it’s a go to choice for cheaper lights I will probably put it on my rock island MAPP
>>65565623>It's all downside and no upside.have you ever put a wml on a rifle anondo you know what happens the further you put it back
>>65563690There's always one that's gonna be like "oh well people THINK you can cheap out here but..." no you totally can. It's a fucking light, you're throwing lead not lumens. Get NODs.
>>65566980Can you post your NODs?
>>65566980Im not really concerned by a bunch of tards offering their tard buddy the advice of a $200 flashlight. Im having trouble finding a reason on why this effects me at all.
>>65564661because $150 for a flashlight is retardedly expensive if you turn off the part of your brain that tells you "that's just what wmls cost"it's not that hard to pot an led, battery and on off switch so it doesn't break itself when jolted
>>65568104Or, and hear me out, I just drop that cash for something I know is going to hold up to what I'm going to put it through?You're not exactly offering up any specific alternatives for a light with equal output as an M600 that will hold up to being brake blasted and has the QC backing.
>>65563690unironically one of the best lights i own.
ahh, the classic >poors who don't own/barely use guns and/or gear speak authoritatively on what's justasgood(tm) as if they're ever actually stress testing them to confirmritual thread. timeless <3
>>65568391streamlights are great, and I would gladly pay the $45 they are actually worth for them
>>65568453Are those going to hold up to being next to my SBR's brake and have the same output? I shoot a lot during my range sessions, I don't want anything coming loose.
>>65568417I might pop a grand total of 12 coons off the trash can or compost bin for the life of the gun. I don’t really want to drop more than $50 on a light.
>>65568540that's fine, just making fun of the copers in here swearing no one would have any use for a more pricey light and/or that every light is just like another
>>65563727I bought one of those for my g19, no issues with it after 600-700 rounds put through my Glock since then. Hasn't come loose or ever failed to turn on.
>>65565628Because I caught a range ban on Monday, and also because I can't adequately take a picture of the location with the correct level of darkness at this time of year unless I do it after midnight, which I'm not going to do. So when looking at picrel, imagine that the car isn't there, the garage door is shut, the sunchokes aren't there, and it's way darker.>be me, hear something metallic get knocked over in carport>probably fucking tweakers again, grab five seven and head out side door>round corner of house, see view of picrel>can just about make out someone crouching by the trash cans>flip light on>nothing>flip it back and forth a few times>nothing>realize i'm backlit by neighbor's porch and can't see shit>say out loud, "this is your lucky day motherfucker, the light on my gun isn't working">"i'm going back inside to get a flashlight that works, don't be here when i come back">back around corner, re-enter house, hear tremendous crash as the stupid motherfucker broke my fence trying to hop over it>he wasn't there when i got back>fixed the fence the next dayHad this individual been armed and ready to fight, he would have gotten a shot or two off at me before I'd have known what was going on. The Olight went in the trash where it belonged.
>>65563690So long as it's metal and not case aluminium it should be fine.Just read reviews and check youtube for a durability test.
This is me trying to change the batteries on my holosun iris
>>65569582do you know what type of material aluminum is?
>>65569641Do you understand >make sure X but not Y version of X
>>65569643I get it now. But I still win because you made a typo in the initial post.
>>65569650I accept my defeat.
