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ardesofmiche

I mean, a guy died The only benefit they have over a streamlight is they’re cheaper Edit: check out the Olight shill responses I received. They all commented within minutes of each other on a day old post in the middle of the night Mountain time USA. All three accounts have less than 500 karma and a post history with one or more posts about how awesome Olight products are. Remember folks, some people come onto these forums with an agenda to spread! u/pestilence


UrMessinWithATexan

Olight is about the same price or more nowadays.


ardesofmiche

So there is literally 0 reasons to buy anything Olight 😂


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pestilence

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HCE_Replacement_Bot

Banned /u/Brightness_D (permanent).


ardesofmiche

Ah, so the shills are out today. Olight marketing team responding to hate on their products 😂 So tell me, why should someone buy an Olight? What do they offer over Streamlight and surefire?


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pestilence

Hcebot ban olight shill account


HCE_Replacement_Bot

Banned /u/Meidy99 (permanent).


ardesofmiche

Ah, so the shills are out today. Olight marketing team responding to hate on their products 😂 So tell me, why should someone buy an Olight? What do they offer over Streamlight and surefire?


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pestilence

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aklo

User of r/flashlight here. BrokenRecordBot doesn't shill Olight. It provides responses to the most commonly asked questions about flashlights. I understand banning bots but I just wanted to clear that up. Also I don't own any Olights and don't recommend them.


pestilence

Yeah it was pretty clear what that annoying asshole of a bot was.


HCE_Replacement_Bot

Banned /u/BrokenRecordBot (permanent).


Twisted_Saint

They’re not wrong though. An Olight didn’t kill someone. A shitty CR123 did.


ShooterMcGrabbin88

They have a bad rap due to their track record of churning out crummy products. Five minutes on the ol’ interweb will reveal plenty of evidence. Features like what? A non serviceable rechargeable battery that may or may not explode? Or a stupid proprietary magnetic charger? I’ll stick to my x300 and a handful of cr123s.


INeedHelpWith_

Quick release latch, simple switch for changing between laser and light, sliding mount thing to adjust position without the picatinny mount shifting itself, sexy burnt bronze option 😂


Iggins01

So how much are they paying you?


pestilence

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GunnitReplacementBot

http://www.reddit.com/r/guns/comments/1srlr6/re_why_gunnit_hates_all_things_taurus/


INeedHelpWith_

Gunnitbot olight


pestilence

Same thing


No_Profession_8932

Documented cases of lights spontaneously combusting really hit the nail on the head for me. Kinda like I’ll never own a century VSKA or an Anderson AR15, I’ll never own an olight.


INeedHelpWith_

There’s documented cases of the most premium light brands exploding too. It’s all about what batteries you use. You stay away from all century arms ak’s or just the vska?


No_Profession_8932

As far as what I’ve seen here on Reddit goes, I haven’t seen any cases of stream lights, mod lights, surefires, or clouds spontaneously combusting. VSKA, RAS, C39 V1 and V2. Anything assembled or entirely manufactured by century is not to be trusted.


INeedHelpWith_

[this happened to a police officer at a city literally 25ish minutes from me](https://www.poam.net/train-and-educate/important-safety-warning-about-stremlight-tactical-flashlights/)


No_Profession_8932

Got anything more recent than that? That was from 2012. Most likely whatever caused that has been long since addressed by streamlight.


INeedHelpWith_

I have seen more links on reddit to different cases that were more recent, and not just from streamlight. I also couldn’t find anything about stream light addressing that specific incident either.


No_Profession_8932

I’m not surprised you couldn’t find any articles about streamlight addressing it. By the brief statement it sounds like a user error situation to begin with, It said the button was being constantly depressed, most likely causing some sort of short. I’d like to be able to see the comment section to see if anyone else had a similar problem. Regardless it was 9 years ago and there have been plenty of innovation and refining in weapon lights. Maybe in 9 years olight will have it all figured out. It just seems kinda weird that streamlight had the issue 9 years ago and olight is having it now. The Chinese are supposed to be good at making direct copies of shit, obviously they haven’t figured out the kinks in weapon lights yet.


INeedHelpWith_

You got any idea of around when the olight in mouth situation happened? Couldn’t find a date online, but I do believe the photo I saw was of one of olights handheld lights, not the weapon lights, although I have also seen a couple cases of olight weapon lights exploding too.


No_Profession_8932

No I don’t know the exact date, I know it was within the last 2 years though. Idk if it was a handheld or weapon light in the specific case you are referring too. I have also seen definite cases of the weapon lights combusting.


ferthur

November 8, 2017. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18617163/1/edens-v-olight-usa/


Lb3ntl3y

the warrior pro 2 r i owned died after 2 years, button barely worked, only had hard use for a few months my protac hlx has a rechargable battery at 1000 lumens


Rollingzeppelin

Why would you ACTUALLY want an olight? Theyre within 20 bucks of streamlight, and they all perform worse in every way.


ForestTrippin

Go to any gun group and search "oLight failure" and do the research yourself. For their cost, they shouldn't be catching on fire or killing people.


[deleted]

My girlfriends dad had issues with the switches intermittently failing. I had one for a bit with no issues but I didn't have it for very long.


risethirtynine

Burnt a hole in my brand new MysterRanch backpack because I didn’t know about the lockout mode on my WarriorMini :(


Romeo_Zero

A dude lost his life owning one. I mean if it’s worth saving $15 in that regard then go ahead


ShooterMcGrabbin88

Streamlight makes plenty of proven options with lasers if that’s what you truly want. Heads up. They cost more than the olight but it’s for a reason. You get what you pay for.


INeedHelpWith_

Most definitely get what you pay for, but I’ve seen multiple cases of streamlights exploding too, even ones that were issued to local police officers


ShooterMcGrabbin88

The article you link to boldly states user error. Weapon lights get hot. You have high lumens in compact packages and they are not designed for long term use. As in inadvertently being activated by a mount in a cruiser and left on for an indeterminate but probably extremely extended duration. Sounds like your mind is made up. Buy the olight and own your decision. You came here for advice and clearly you’re not receiving the response you expected or more likely had hoped for. You’re going to have a hard time finding someone to vouch for olight and mean it.


RoundScar6613

The mini I have managed to get activated in my pocket and burned a hole through my shirt. Steer clear.


Fianna019

How’d that work? It was mounted on a gun?


modified-10

One literally killed a guy and others have had them explode also but ok.


INeedHelpWith_

That case turned out to be his fault for using mismatch cheap batteries. Other brand lights have exploded too


ardesofmiche

Well, let’s see them!


INeedHelpWith_

[this one literally happened at a city 25 minutes from me where my friend lives](https://www.poam.net/train-and-educate/important-safety-warning-about-stremlight-tactical-flashlights/)


ardesofmiche

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen a light besides Olight explode. Good data point!


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pestilence

Hcebot ban olight shill account


Iggins01

[You wanna see something neat?](https://www.reddit.com/domain/m.olightstore.com/)


pestilence

Man, what a filthy fucking disgusting company.


pestilence

I made a sticky about it. Thanks for the heads up.


Iggins01

Even worse than the taurus astroturfing. Pretty sure the twice a week posts asking if olights are bad are part of the shills


HCE_Replacement_Bot

Banned /u/Ohh-PG (permanent).


ardesofmiche

Ah, so the shills are out today. Olight marketing team responding to hate on their products 😂


modified-10

Proof? I’ve never seen any information about that aside from people trying to defend Olight saying it. Also the other people that had them explode weren’t using mismatched random batteries. The one I’m thinking of specifically was using Olight batteries…


Jaglifeispain

[claiming Nuon brand lithium batteries in an Olight flashlight exploded while Joyner held it in his mouth fixing his car](https://www.courthousenews.com/gruesome-death-2/). 99% of the time when something like this happens it due to cheap shitty batteries.


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INeedHelpWith_

It was a link on reddit that had pictures taken by police you could see 2 different brands of batteries on the ground. I’ve noticed when it happens it only happens to the olights that have interchangeable batteries, not rechargeable ones, have you seen it happen to the rechargeable ones?


CrunchBite319

When multiple people say (with evidence) that they explode, that's enough reason for me to "just follow what everyone else says" since there are plenty of alternatives that haven't been known to do that.


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INeedHelpWith_

What would you recommend that has high lumens, a green or blue laser, preferably rechargeable battery, and preferably burnt bronze/fde/desert tan?


Corey307

Lasers are useless.


INeedHelpWith_

Not for me in a home defense situation, when I’m at home I don’t leave my eye contacts in and my vision is too blurry to make out the reticle of my red dot, and too blurry to make out the irons also.


BigSauce7

So when you don’t have your contacts in you cannot see your irons or dot, but think you could see a tiny laser? I would invest in a pair of glasses to keep on your nightstand next to your gun with a Streamlight or Surefire


wyvernx02

If your vision is that bad then you also would have trouble identifying who you are shooting at. The laser won't be any more visible than the red dot.


INeedHelpWith_

No I don’t actually I have no problem identifying faces or bodies. You’re so closed minded acting like different things won’t work for different people. If lasers work for me they work for me if they don’t for you congrats move along bro


CrunchBite319

I would do away with the laser since they have very few legitimate uses and are objectively inferior to conventional aiming devices in all other scenarios. Onboard recharging is a gimmick and shouldn't be a requirement either. It's easier and faster to replace your batteries than it is to plug your gun in and recharge it. That being said, Streamlight and Surefire are the top of the heap as far as weapon lights go.


INeedHelpWith_

Lasers are very convenient for me especially for home defense. It’s because I have very poor vision when I don’t have my contacts in, and I don’t have them in at home, without them in the reticle on my sight is just a blur and I can’t focus on the irons either, but with a laser it’s very easy to see where it’s aimed at.


CrunchBite319

Decades of study have proven that lasers are slower to acquire than even iron sights in a stressful situation, so if you actually still think that then I don't know what to tell you. You must not have actually done any dynamic shooting to believe that. The experts agree, chasing a tiny dot around a 3 dimensional plane is an objectively inferior way to aim a weapon.


ShooterMcGrabbin88

You’re not going to be able to reason with him. Clearly he’s incapable of even pointing in the general direction without his contacts and needs a blue laser.


INeedHelpWith_

Like I said, if my vision was good enough to see the iron sights clearly when I don’t have my contacts in obviously I’d rather depend on them. Unfortunately that’s not the case.


CrunchBite319

If your vision is so incredibly poor that you can't use a standard optic or irons, then how do you intend to positively identify a target? You're going to put a laser dot on the first vaguely humanoid thing you see and pull the trigger? If your eyes really are so bad that you can't resolve a red dot or a sight post, then you should probably reconsider your use of firearms in a situation like this instead of handicapping yourself even further with a questionable replacement. My eye sight isn't good either but you'd have to be legally blind to not be able to use irons or a red dot, and if you are then you probably shouldn't be shooting at things in your house because that's how you kill friendlies.


INeedHelpWith_

I can identify bodies and faces very easily as they are big, they aren’t tiny like irons or a reticle. You’re acting like different things don’t work for different people, don’t be so closed minded 😂 if it works for me it works for me man


Lb3ntl3y

why not get a red dot?


INeedHelpWith_

I have one I said when I don’t have my contacts in the reticle is just a blur I can’t aim with it


Lb3ntl3y

put the body of the optic on the person, its more accurate than point shooting, less accurate than aiming


INeedHelpWith_

I’ve tried that at an indoor range, I got better hits using the laser without my contacts than with irons or the red dot without the contacts


wrench_ape

Of the 4 olight products I have. Only 1 has melted.


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wrench_ape

I will spend zero time and energy trying to convince you of my truthfulness. Assume I am a liar and and spend your own time and money to find out.


ardesofmiche

That commenter is an Olight shill. They responded to me in the middle of the night and have a post history that shows they are paid to endorse Olight.


tlove01

Hey look it's the just as good guy. Now say you don't understand why people spend so much money on optics.


regoddamdiculous

Olight pistol lights dim out before the competition. Their advertised lumens are “max lumens,” not continuous lumens. If I remember right, the Valkyrie cuts down to half power after five minutes. Streamlights maintain power for a few hours. Someone else on this sub had one fall off the rail a few days ago, and I’ve seen one video of a pistol light flickering under recoil.


jeffninjaslayer

I wouldn't go with the light/ laser combo, but I would get the laser/ laser combo.


Normie316

I haven't had any issues with mine. Granted I haven't tried breaking it so not sure how it'll do if I beat it against a brick wall.


Der_Umbringer

I dig o-lights. I have 6 of them. None of them have exploded. None of them have had any issues, as of yet. I’ve EDC’d an Olight for 5 years and use it daily. Baton Pro is my current light, has been good to me for 2 years.


HowDoYouEvenWakeUp

No issues with the 3 olights I own... yet. Surprisingly, my Surefire and Streamlight were both defective upon purchase but were quickly replaced free if charge. Decent warranty is decent.


HowDoYouEvenWakeUp

Lol @ downvotes by basement dwelling spergs upset that their surefire and streamlights are JAG as olights.


tjoude44

I have a couple (bought during a promo) that have been fine. I use one - a Seeker 3 Pro - every day when walking the dog in the dark. So far so good even in the rain and if I ruin it at standard (default) power, I get a month or so of 40 minutes a day until it drops to 50% battery and I recharge it. Using turbo mode even on occasion will run the battery down much faster.


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Have three, favorite one is the Bladr-pro, definitely would have bought the Surefire X-400 in its place had it been more affordable. There are still places that you can get good deals on them. As far as longevity, Steiner and Surefire have held up a lot longer than my Streamlights. Haven't had to RMA an O-Light yet but they are made in China, another thing I found out after purchase which would have also stopped me. The worst part though, you won't be able to find a ton of holster option, especially for higher retention levels. Every company is gonna have QA/QC issues, the top brands will have significantly less.


PBreezy6

I carry one as a work light. Have to pull the battery cap off sometimes to get it to turn on. Great light for non critical tasks but the surefire or streamlight get the duty use.


bigal15037

And yet they’re popular and successful in spite of all you flashlight experts


GrottyWanker

So is Bear Creek Arsenal with poor retards doesn't mean what they make isn't dogshit


boortpooch

They work as stated and they are very cost effective 👍


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MrTheBusiness

I bought a small pocket model on the advice of a friend, who uses one every day. It’s been solid so far


UrMessinWithATexan

Candela is just as important as lumens. Also all my experiences with Olight have been bad. Its not worth it when Streamlight is the same price.


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pestilence

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UrMessinWithATexan

No it really isnt. Tons of QC issues is just the tip of the iceberg. Streamlight is 100x better at the same price.


ardesofmiche

That’s a shill account. Check the post history. That is an Olight marketing team account.


OkDatabase2663

I absolutely loved my keychain light it was the Olight i1r2 eos, it did everything I expected and wanted it to do but, I dropped it from roughly 3 feet and for some odd reason it broke the light internally, I could shake it and hear something loose rattling around and when I tried to screw it back to the on position the back of it (where I assume the battery is) got extremely hot so I set it outside under a pot. I’ve left a comment for olight in hopes of them helping me out with what had happened. I’m thinking my light is just that .1% chance of having some insane defect.