Early ones had some issues and according to SF they have fixed them.  Mine has been going strong for past 6 months.  I have shot close to a thousand rounds with it on the pistol, done a few evening drills at the range to get accustomed to it, and my only complaint is if I leave it on and do a lot of shooting the lens gets really dirty.

I wonder what the general response would be if this conversation started outside of the Glock forum. I have no opinion on WMLs, I carry a 26 or a 42 or a gen 2 22 sometimes, none of which have a rail for a light. I carry a handheld and seem to do just fine, though I have never had to draw on anything or anyone day or night. A lot of folks carry guns without rails for lights, a lot of folks don't even carry a hand held light outside of the home, some gun makers don't even make guns with rails (like Kahr for example). A lot of Glock owners will put as much stuff on their gun as possible because Glocks are like AR's, so many toys to adorn them with it's hard not to.

For me, carry is about weight. I know some guys like to carry a full size pistol, two or more mags with a light on the pistol, light clipped to their pocket and a knife or two to feel comfortable. Some folks carry even more than that to feel comfortable. For me, I like my sub-compacts, light weight, easy to carry, a small hand held that slips in my pocket, wallet, keys, and an average folder. Much more than that and I am too uncomfortable to bother.

Home defense on the other hand is different. If I had a pistol with a rail at home, it'd have a light on it for sure, virtually no reason not to. No reason to not be using a full-size pistol at home either.

Just my .02, to each their own.

Many people have issues with them flickering during recoil, only issues that ive really heard of.

If you do some low light training (or, heaven forbid, need to use the gun in a fight) with handhelds and wmls you will see how much better a wml is in a fight and worth the discomfort.

A handheld is great to find your keys when you drop them but totally outclassed in a fight where you may need to reload, open a car door, grab a wife/child/dog, dial 911, clear a malfunction, etc

The light would flicker and go out during firing/dry firing.  I just don't think it's worth the premium price.



Light-loops are amazing.  I don't carry any handhelds without them.

Do you mean a lanyard?

What problem is that supposed to solve?

Gives a great deal more flexibility when using a handheld light.  I'm not sure I would say it solves any particular problem.

People that use them swear by them.

I've just never had the opportunity to get used to one.

They are nice to have but dont solve any of the problems I mentioned.

Sure, you wont drop the light while calling 911 but you also cant use the light.

Yep. That's about the long and short of it IMO.

Appendix carry a 19 w/an XC-1.

If I carry the 43 (that's about 10% of the time, if I'm wearing clothes that I just can't conceal the 19 in) then I don't have a light.