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I think they played a little too much "marketing gimmick" with their designs. The backstrap safety for example... zero functional purpose. The backstrap safety on a striker-fired gun offers no protection if you drop the gun because the gun has no hammer... with or without that safety, if you drop the XD's they will not fire because of internal safeties. It also offers no form of safety on the draw because the first thing you do when drawing the gun is deactivate that safety. So.... what is it really doing for the gun? (besides offering an additional part that can malfunction). If you're going to draw the gun with your finger in the trigger guard, you could get hurt either way. 
ALSO- try to cycle your action without engaging the backstrap safety... notice it wont function. So if that safety malfunctions, you now have a paperweight. 
The striker indicator?... not necessary. You have a loaded chamber indicator, if that is indicating you have a round chambered, your striker is set. There is no possible way to chamber a round without setting the striker - so adding the striker indicator is just adding a part that can break for no reason AND could potentially lead you to believe that you have a round chambered but you might not because it IS possible to set the striker without chambering a round. So if someone only checked the striker indicator and assumed they had a round chambered... could be a bad thing.
BUT it does wonders for advertising to have all the Cadillac frills on it!
I like the guns, but I feel that springfield could be a little more true to their customers and sell them on quality guns instead of useless features.
ALSO- try to cycle your action without engaging the backstrap safety... notice it wont function. So if that safety malfunctions, you now have a paperweight. The striker indicator?... not necessary. You have a loaded chamber indicator, if that is indicating you have a round chambered, your striker is set. There is no possible way to chamber a round without setting the striker - so adding the striker indicator is just adding a part that can break for no reason AND could potentially lead you to believe that you have a round chambered but you might not because it IS possible to set the striker without chambering a round. So if someone only checked the striker indicator and assumed they had a round chambered... could be a bad thing.
BUT it does wonders for advertising to have all the Cadillac frills on it!
I like the guns, but I feel that springfield could be a little more true to their customers and sell them on quality guns instead of useless features.
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."
ALSO- try to cycle your action without engaging the backstrap safety... notice it wont function. So if that safety malfunctions, you now have a paperweight. The striker indicator?... not necessary. You have a loaded chamber indicator, if that is indicating you have a round chambered, your striker is set. There is no possible way to chamber a round without setting the striker - so adding the striker indicator is just adding a part that can break for no reason AND could potentially lead you to believe that you have a round chambered but you might not because it IS possible to set the striker without chambering a round. So if someone only checked the striker indicator and assumed they had a round chambered... could be a bad thing.
BUT it does wonders for advertising to have all the Cadillac frills on it!
I like the guns, but I feel that springfield could be a little more true to their customers and sell them on quality guns instead of useless features.