Because everyone blows it out of proportion. People like to bring up the story about the Olight battery explosion how people bring up the story of the woman suing mcdonalds for her coffee being hot. There's more to the story than headlines.
Regardless, olight just fucking sucks. They attempted to become the apple of flashlights after that fiasco with not only the chargers but also battery DRM with their brand of batteries being the only type that will let their flashlights work at maximum output and it just doesn't work with their quality & the price bracket they are marketing in.
it's one thing to edc one in a pocket which poses it's own issues long-term, but there needs to be some serious rethinking if an olight is going on a firearm. There's a reason why Streamlight is the bare-minimum if Surefire gives sticker-shock.
And this goes without saying, but even the modlite & arisaka lights can blow if you're an idiot & charge ebay-special lithium batteries directly from USB and put them in a flashlight.
osight is apparently holding up well in comparison, but I'm only seeing a small sample size including one on youtube that was given a custom one, so it remains to be seen how good they actually are despite that custom one already having an absurd round count. My hunch is that osight just a rebranded holosun.
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u/FroBro243 Jun 05 '26
I know the P320 has a surprise feature, but what's up with Olight? I got this one for cheap off of GunPost a few weeks back.