Which brand do you think is most durable? Your life depends on it and so does your family.

What don’t you like about the M2R? the only “tacticool” feature I can see it missing is the strike bezel?

Resized those for ya. Images of this size are a pain on mobile.

Also what’s the name of this color scheme? Looks kinda garish, but if I cared about weapon looks, the PPS43 wouldn’t be my favourite historical weapon :wink:

BEST f’ing line of the year!

Thank you

Cerakote Burnt Bronze and Sniper Grey. Extended the life of my rusty ole 870. Good for another 50,000 miles.

I’m still relatively new to the flashlight world. However, here’s my two pennies.

A friend’s family member lost a D cell Maglite for years. Looked and looked, couldn’t find it. One day, they had to get rid of a recliner. Living out in a small city, they decided to put it outside and burn it. By the time it was mostly ashes, they noticed something shiny. Sure enough, it was the Maglite. While the lens was partially melted, it turned on and provided light. Even with the incandescent bulb and batteries that were in it for years. Would I trust my life to a Maglite, no. But I’ve got 3 of them that I have in various places. Haven’t had one fail yet.

Another friend was once going on and on about how great one of the expensive flashlight makers were and that they did a test where they dropped the flashlight out of a helicopter and it still worked afterwards. My response to that was the following.

“So the helicopter pilot would land so that you can retrieve that light, right? I’d rather carry more than one, reasonable costing, light.”

That’d be a great commercial:

You can be set on fire and your Maglite will still work!

After that, they contacted the company and Maglite wanted them to send it to them and then replace it, but they lost it again. :person_facepalming: maybe someone threw it away.

Arrrrgh.

Kinda like when you have a killer winter, like when we had Snowzilla, Snowmageddon, and/or Snowpocalypse, and the critters like possums, raccoons, etc., all survive the subzero temps, metric tons of snow, all sorts of fiendish weather that makes anyone want to shoot Old Man Winter right in the face… and come springtime, the critter gets smooshed crossing the street.

That both sucks and blows at the same time.

That was an Elzetta Dustin dropped from the helicopter, he missed the concrete the first drop, so they went back up and dropped it again. LOL!

I like it. How many rounds does it hold with the mag extender now ?

Last time I dropped a flashlight from a tall building, i heard a thump and a loud scream.

I didn’t know flashlights had feelings…

They do, and it’s called “painful” :stuck_out_tongue:

Imagen you find yourself in that “Oooh $h!t” moment and you pull your light from your pocket and you find you left it in E-lockout. Time yourself to see how long it takes to get it into the fight.

lol I agree the electronic lock-out is a double edged sword. had the light once deplete fully in my pocket because it turned on and I never noticed. Then after using the E-lockout I also realized that it really defeats the purpose of the tactical tail switch and all you gain from instant turbo/strobe is lost on the 3 second E-lockout unlocking.

That being said, is the main issue you have with it that it has a side switch and isn’t a tail switch only?

First, it’ll take more than 3 seconds.

Second, if I need to lockout any of my tactical lights, it is as simple as a quick twist of the tailcap.

I have tactical lights with side switches, but… the tail switch overrides E-lockout. Klarus and others don’t seem to have that problem.

The M2R is tail cap twistable so that’s not really a valid point

I haven’t personally tested mine to see if the tail switch overrides the E-lockout but I suspect it does not. Especially considering you can set the tail switch to momentary strobe/turbo only and that it has a significant depression required to activate the second stage of the E-switch I definitely agree that’s a very poorly designed E-lockout on Olights part

It couldn’t have gotten very hot in that fire. The switch internals and reflector are made out of plastic.

I found a 3D maglite in the woods. Looked like it had been there for years, but it turned on first try. The main issue for me on maglites has been the switch. They fail with constant use. Usually the plastic switch cover goes missing. Once that happens it’s not long before crap gets in there and it starts to fail. Maglites are very reliable if you never use them (or lose them!), but not with heavy use.

“Maglites are very reliable if you never use them” LOL My favorite quote. Same thing with dragsters too. LOL :smiley:

6 rounds in the mag tube and 4 rounds in the integral stock … for special occasions only.

Nice The matching C-Coat looks great. My next shotgun will be the M4.