Quote: I was referring to the life expectancy of the unit, not the batteries. I was curious if they hold up to normal day in day out use on down the road.
Is the 4 hours the time the unit is powered up for instant use, including standby, or just for total time the laser is on?
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With the Sig CT grips, it's 4hrs total battery time if one held the laser ON for 4hrs (which is meant as battery/light/laser-on/used) in TT. They're really not drained being on standby. CT says leave the button on, or off, makes no difference in battery life. The life of the laser itself is, my guess, a long time, being that it is used for short, lase and blaze, use, no heat build up to have a cooling down, getting hot, light as in a light bulb burn out effect.
As far as everyday use, the CT grips hold up, no problem with recoil, etc., as compared to my Laser Max, rail mount, for my Px4. A waste, period, with 2 hrs battery life, an on-off switch (that requires loss of 2-hand grip) that goes dim, or off, with recoil effect, can't hoslter the gun, well, with it on, and laser is far below muzzle, as opposed to CT laser is on parrel (for the most part) with ones muzzle (making for more accurate shots, both short and long, along with, as said, always can be turned on, or off, quickly, with 2 hand grip, not so with rail mount..
I'm gonna use my rail mount as a trophy of some sort.. lol
I agree, that most, new users, pick up bad habits of chasing the dot, and it eats up time, big time, and that gets over come with time, use, practice, for what it was meant to do, and how IMHO.
If night sights are visiable, and target is defined, even if just a black target, I'd go night sights for the shot, but if moving, and need to get off a quick, unsighted shot, they can put lead on target with practice.
LS