Hey T18
I don’t have the M12 personally , although I keep tossing around the idea of getting one , I just never have done it yet.
The light may not be what we know as to what Maxtoch usually puts out , but I feel the internal quality is there , (driver , springs , reflector , wiring , threads etc. ) even without having laid eyes on one. The Anodizing and etching I cannot speak for , as you guys are the ones that have seen that first hand. But if it is shiny and does not look as good because that is what the police dept. wanted , then that is kind of like us designing a light through Maxtoch and getting it the way we want it and then other people buy what was produced whether it was what they expected or not.
Even if they did put out a light that was not up to the usual quality though , as I say I feel the internals would be the quality that is expected from Maxtoch and what they did do was for a reason other than just trying to cut corners or just cheap out. (personal opinion here)
They have always stood behind the products they put out there from the Gb’s I have done through Maxtoch. I know of a few people that were all upset at one time or another with a light that had a fault or something that wasn’t perfect on a light. ( I wont start calling names or mentioning incidents , but there was some that really got nit picky with a few lights) Maxtoch has bent over backwards for a couple of the people that complained , even when some of it was super trivial and had NO bearing on the quality of the light or performance , to get a satisfactory solution for the so called problem in the end. (usually a brand new replacement light)
Not to single him out but an example ……… I think it was TomE’s light that had the lettering that was kind of crooked on the BLF-TE M24 from the GB and Amanda got a new tube out to him right away when I sent her a picture of that. TomE didn’t complain really and I took it upon myself to send the picture to Amanda.
As stated up there I just feel they are one of the few companies that actually listens to what is said here and really does their best to get things right whether it is a new design , exsisting design that needs a change , or whatever it may be.
TomE has always put out good reviews and he knows what he is talking about with these lights. I am sure when his M12 gets to him he will be making his own opinion also on the M12. He may have the same opinion as everyone else and he may not , either way I will not abandon my Maxtoch’s……lol