Posted by Roger Wang on 6/21/2020 to
Forward Controls Design has always focused on function rather than
form. Function over form, and form follows function. To us, anything
less amounts to fashion, different for the sake of being different.
There is no performance difference between a plaid shirt and striped
shirt, for they only differ in aesthetics.
It
is also our opinion that there is no place for fashion on a defense or
duty firearm, looks don't help the user in any way. There's no shortage
of components that can only be described as lifestyle/fashion parts for
the AR system, but hobby grade components for hobby guns is appropriate
enough. If you use your AR for duty or defense, TDP spec parts are
superior and most likely more reliable to the ones made to pander to
hobby users.
One of the areas that
immediately makes us question the utility and purpose of fashion parts
is excessive lightening cuts or negative space on control surfaces,
where maximizing the available surface area is paramount, the removal of
which is counterproductive.
The
skeletonized pad on this USB flash drive makes it difficult for the
thumb to press and move it forward, its lack of surface area and
serrations are decidedly unhelpful, just as the skeletonized lower
paddle of this bolt catch gives up surface area to its detriment, and
makes it more slippery and hard to engage.
We're at a loss as to how making them difficult to use would be
considered a good idea, could be the need or desire to be different
overrides logic and common sense. New and different are just that, but
not necessarily better.
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