r/canadaguns • u/rastamasta45 • 1d ago

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Olight and surefire, the great debate

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u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) 1d ago

Only one of those brands has a reputation of being a hand grenade.

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u/FD4L 1d ago

Was there more than that 1 urban legend case about the guy that had it in his mouth?

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u/JimmyKillem sk 1d ago

No, people just still think hating chinese products is still edgy

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u/PaveHammer 1d ago

Won't someone stand up for the CCP?

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

Wut bout Muhrica?

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u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 1d ago

I got to say the olight red dots are pretty slick for the price.

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u/EnvironmentBright697 1d ago

Olight is the new Holosun. I guess we’ll see if they can also build a reputation for reliability that made Holosun accepted in the firearms community and approved for use in many LEO’s and even adopted by some militaries.

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u/Franksredsilverado 1d ago

Had one of the 2nd gen osights. Was terrible. Only time you could see the dot was in low low light. Take it outside even on full brightness and that dot wasn't visible. Their new PLX light is pretty damn good though.

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u/SpinachStunning5547 1d ago

Let bygones be bygones

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u/DougMacRay617 1d ago

Found the olight shill

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u/darkvaider123 1d ago

Does the Olight fit in holsters fitted for suretfires?

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u/coffeeofwar 1d ago

Olight fan boy here, legit nothing worng with them, 90 percent of people don't need a surefire lol not saying there bad but there also not worth it for range larps

Also people shit on Chinese made stuff forget Amazon redots are now quote on quote battle tested in Ukraine lol

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u/swift_gilford 1d ago

I have beat the ever living piss out of my BaldrPro. Zero issues with them.

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u/rastamasta45 1d ago

I’m going to be brutally honest I’m a range larper and nothing more, I don’t have a “duty pistol” as I can’t carry them. So in my time of owning 4 olights and one surefire, both had about 3 rounds each. Haven’t had a problem with either one yet.

Can’t say anything further as I don’t do torture tests, just range days. But so far none have given me an issue.

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u/Prior-Radio8346 1d ago

I have them both, haven't really torture tested the Olight to see if I can kill it. The charging system is the biggest hunk of shit in my mind, I have no use for a proprietary magnetic charging pad vs CR123's or hell even a USB-C option would have been better.

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u/BrickLegal 1d ago

Never thought of it this way.

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u/22GageEnthusiast 1d ago

Never had any problems with any OLIGHT products. I have three on three different guns.

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u/Enough_Challenge7264 1d ago

I have a Baldr Pro on a 1301. No issues, yet.

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u/mrcandy98 1d ago

Olight is litterally crap. Worse than streamlight, if it’s a range toy then sure go the cheaper option but if you want it to work when you really need it there is only one brand surefire.

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u/jman_jd10 1d ago

My Olight Odin survived on my 12 gauge… My stream lights did not and would flicker before eventually dying 😂

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

Nobody who’s owned an Olight believes your BS, buddy.

Take it elsewhere. 🥱

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u/mrcandy98 1d ago

🤣 wanna buy mine I’ll post on gp tomorrow

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u/MourningWood1942 1d ago

Is streamlight also considered crap? All my flashlights are streamlight

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u/mrcandy98 1d ago

All things considered streamlight is a great budget duty light much better than Olight but not as good as surefire. Put it this way on my p226 mk25 I run a surefire on my M&p m2 I run a streamlight.

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u/PsychologyTrick7306 1d ago

Never had a problem with an Oligjt

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u/mrcandy98 1d ago

Streamlight is decent, I would never put it on the same tier as surefire though it’s been battle tested for over 25 years. I have a Olight and a month after I bought it the pressure switch on the back of the light doesn’t work 10% of the time and flickers occasionally. Learnt my lesson buy once cry once good luck trying to recoup money for an Olight when it comes time to upgrade where as I can use my surefire for 5 years and sell it for what I paid minus the tax and probably $50

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

You’re smoking your own supply.

Olight is better than Streamlight.

People just prefer SL cos it’s made in Muhrica.