Just buy the acs - Magpul Industries ACS-L Mil-Spec Lightweight AR-15/M4 Carbine Stock

I am so ticked off. I wanted the ACS for many many years but never got to ordering it. I have everything for my AR-15 planned to a T, including storage compartments and what I need them for. I needed storage compartments for the batteries. After waiting a week, and with much anticipation and needing it for a planned weekend it finally arrived. After many years of wanting to upgrade my rifle I finally got the stock I wanted! Only I didn't.
I quickly noticed I do not have the much needed battery tubes, the very reason I chose this stock over every other brand and type. No. I got the "L" version, which stands for LOSER version.
Why... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...Can they not just name the stock a different name to avoid confusion? Or a better question. WHY HAVE A "L" (LOSER) version AT ALL!? If you don't need the battery compartments DON'T USE THEM! At least they are there.
The weight difference is negligible. Its such a dumb concept. Now I have to wait another 2 weeks, have a ruined weekend, get my money tied up, go through a return process, all becuase we have to have the same color, look, branding AND NAME of a stock, but minus the feature that matters most. All so a small group of people can have the placebo effect of saving a few butt hairs worth of weight. I waited so long to finally commit to upgrading my rifle, and its becoming an uphill battle.
Bad marketing choices from Magpul as far as I am concerned. Its the same exact stock, but they took away the most important feature.
Will I ever get the stock I want? I've waited a decade, now it feels like I will have to wait another decade.
I feel like the kid at Christmas who thought they just got a PS-5, Only to open the box and see its actually the "Poor-Station 5" a cheap Chinese knock off of a game console designed to fool parents into buying it for their kids.