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Flashaholic
Being a trooper and all, he likes raised due to the extra darth nights
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise but the raised button has a fatal flaw like the Death Star. In normal use, probably 10% of my attempts to turn the light on result in...nothing. No light. Is it user error? Absolutely! I tend to use the tip of my thumb rather than the pad, which means I don't always put pressure on the exact center of the button. But you have to push the exact center of the button to get light. The flush button is more tolerant of my button pressing idiosyncrasies. Before anyone screams to loudly, I've already claimed responsibility for the failure. The raised button and I are having a break up and I'm saying, "it's not you, it's me!"
Voted flush.
I hate protruding buttons as they can accidentally get turned on in my pocket. Especially as I deep pocket carry with no clip. The lack of a Z68 kept me from buying the Surefire Backup and so I went with the HDS, and I'd never consider an Olight S series because of their side switches.
Anyway if is great to have the choice, and even better to be able to swap out for those of us with clickies.
BTW I wear always chinos or 5.11 pants and FWIW I don't jump out of planes.
I enjoy the appearance and the tactile feedback of the raised button, but I have a question for the raised button only crowd. You walk into a dark room and switch on your HDS edc flashlight with a raised button. Then you find what you're looking for, but now you need both hands. What do you do with the light if not tail stand it? Hold it in your teeth?
...you find what you're looking for, but now you need both hands. What do you do with the light if not tail stand it? Hold it in your teeth?
for what reasons? ;-)I've changed my mind
There is no right answer.Flush without even thinking about it....
Tail stand feature is clutch...Why give that up? I don't see myself gaining anything from having a raised button.
The appearance is what did it for me, too. In fact, I just ordered my first Custom Rotary 2 days ago, and I really went back and forth on the tail button question. In the end, I realized that most of my lights by other makers have raised tail buttons, so I thought I'd try something a bit sleeker looking. So I'm a flusher! Hope I don't regret it, as it is far too costly to switch!I don't use the tail stand function, but I like the flash button because of its appearance. I've never used the raised button, but I'm sure it's easy to use.