Standard or SYNC

Both options carry two leads and two buttons. Neither changes how many devices the switch activates. What changes is what the angled button covers.

Standard keeps the two devices apart. One button, one device, either on its own.

SYNC adds a combined press without taking anything away. The angled button brings up both at once, and the flat button still activates the laser by itself. That is worth knowing before ordering, because SYNC does not cost you independent laser control.

What SYNC does cost is the ability to activate the light alone. If that matters, Standard is the one.

Two buttons, one hand

That is the reason this switch exists. A light and a laser both reachable without moving the support hand, and without a second switch at a second rail position.

The two buttons are told apart by shape rather than by position. The angled face is the light, the flat face is the laser. Both sit on one housing, so there is no separation between them to find by feel the way there is with two switches mounted apart. Whether the shapes are enough is worth testing with the gloves and gear you actually run.

For two devices on separate rail positions instead, two single lead ModButton Lites give the same independent control with the separation that comes from two mounting points.

Activation

The light button has two actions. Pressure alone gives momentary, with no click: the light is on while it is held. A click sets it constant on, and a second click releases it.

The laser button is momentary only. There is no constant on at the rail for the laser. Most lasers use a double tap to constant from their own controls, and the switch passes it through.

That split is deliberate. A laser left on from the rail is harder to notice than a light.

Which plug

The Surefire/Modlite plug is the light side. A round pin seats into the port on the back of the tail cap. Modlite states it fits Surefire, Arisaka and Modlite Scout bodies, and the Surefire UE and DS00 tail caps.

The Crane Plug is the laser side. It meets the device at ninety degrees so the cable runs along the body rather than straight out of the back, which keeps the installation compact, and it is the smaller of the two, so they are easy to tell apart. The name comes from the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane, Indiana, where the standardization work behind it started. Modlite states it fits the PEQ-15, sold commercially as the L3Harris ATPIAL, along with the B.E. Meyers MAWL and the Wilcox RAIDx. Check the port on your laser before ordering.

For a light running a USB-C tail cap, see the LINK USB-C version.

Tail cap options

The light lead seats at the tail cap, so one is required and it is not included.

Unlike the ModButton Lite, the tail cap here is not where constant on comes from. The switch already has it at the light button. That makes the UE the straightforward pairing, since the DS00 button would be a second control for a function already under the support hand. The DS00 is worth keeping if it is already on the light.

Cable

4.5″ and 7″. Both leads are the same length as each other.

The switch is molded to the cables and the cables to the plugs, so the lengths are fixed at purchase.

The ModButton and AXON switches

Built from two single leads:

This is the only switch in the line that puts two devices on separate buttons under a single hand position. Everything else either uses one button for both, or takes two rail positions to keep them apart.

Note that SYNC appears on the AXON SL as well, where it means something different. The SL has one button, so SYNC there is what gives it a second device. Here both options already carry two.

Mounting

The AXON hardmounts directly to an M1913 Picatinny rail. There is no clamp to remove and no separate mount to buy for a Picatinny handguard.

For an M-LOK surface, the AXON M-LOK mounting plate is the adapter. The ModButton guards and SNAP mounts do not fit this switch; they are ModButton parts and clamp to a different housing.

Placement

Twelve o’clock is common for a white light switch, reachable with the support hand thumb from most grips. Two and ten put it on the side of the rail. Which side follows whether the shooter is left or right handed. Rail length and handguard diameter set what is reachable without changing grip.

Both buttons sit on one housing, so this is one position to settle rather than two. The tradeoff is that position can no longer be used to tell the two devices apart. The angled and flat faces do that work instead.

Both leads route from the same housing, so plan the routing for the light and the laser together. Route close to the rail to avoid snags and clear of barrel heat.

Construction

• Molded from high-impact polymer
• Angled button face for the light, flat for the laser
• Hardmounts to M1913 Picatinny
• Unity Tactical design

Specifications

• Configuration: two leads, two buttons. Standard or SYNC
• Buttons: two, angled and flat
• Plugs: Surefire/Modlite to the light, Crane Plug to the laser
• Activation: light button, momentary on pressure and constant with a click. Laser button, momentary only
• Cable: 4.5″ or 7″
• Mounting: M1913 Picatinny, M-LOK with the AXON mounting plate
• Color: Black or FDE
• Tail cap: Surefire UE or DS00, not included

Complete your setup

Sold separately.

• Surefire UE tail cap, port only, nothing on the back of the light
• Surefire DS00 tail cap, adds a button at the light
• AXON M-LOK mounting plate

About

The AXON is a Unity Tactical design, the two-button switch in the AXON family. Modlite builds weapon lights and handhelds for professional use, made and assembled in the USA.

Availability

Ships in 1 to 3 days.