does anyone have a laser on their shield? what type would you recommend? i just purchased a shield today!

i have a crimson trace on my m&p45 but after buying the new gun today cant spend $200 on a laser!! any info would be great or reviews!! i am open to any type of laser.... thanks

I'll be putting a lasermax on my Shield 40 any day now. Maybe tonight. Waiting for UPS just now. I'll let you know what I think. $77 from E-Bay.
The big difference I see is the Crimson trace turns on when you grip the gun and stays on as long as you grip it. With the Lasermax, there is a switch, you turn it on and off. I wanted the crimson trace, but, $100 more? I bought ammo instead. Practice will help me more than a laser will.

I have lasermax on my shield 40

Got a IWB holster from multiholster

I have a LaserMax ($77 Amazon free shipping) that works fine. It taught me not to use the pad of my trigger finger but the first crease instead. Could be a valuable defensive tool "IF" I get it turned on in time during an attack. That's where the Crimson Trace would be better with the on button on the grip under the trigger guard.

awsome thanks for the replies!! jambayzie let me know how it works out please

I have a LaserMax on my Shield 40 and a Crimson Trace Laser on my Ruger LC9. The specs on both lasers are almost identical, but the CT laser can be seen better in daylight. I prefer the LaserMax for three reasons. (1) I like the on/off button, so when dry firing or shooting, where the laser is not needed or wanted, the laser can be shut off. (2) On a small gun, like my Shield or my LC9, I can only get 2 fingers on the grip. The CT has the button on the top front of the grip, and it sticks out 1/4 inch. To me that 1/4 inch makes for an uncomfortable grip, with the top finger sticking out further than the bottom finger. (3) I found on the CT laser, the laser is supposed to come on when your hand grips the gun, but unless my hand was in just the perfect position, sometimes it would not come on. The only way I could get it to come on every time was I had to use a death grip on the laser button.

Number (4) would be price, as the CT is double the price of the LaserMax. So my vote would be get a LaserMax.


Bob

thanks bob! will be ordering one this weekend!!!

I put the Lasermax on last night and shot with it today. Very easy to adjust, quite soon I was getting good groups. It's pretty easy to turn on and off, even though it doesn't turn on like the Crimson trace when you grip it. It fits perfectly and looks like it was built in. For the price, it was well worth it. And my aging eyes like it too.