Ambient Arms EXO 5.56 Suppressor: Does it Really Stay Cool?

Ambient Arms has recently released a suppressor which pulls cool air into the body of the can in several places, mixing with combustion gasses to (among other things) keep the can from heating up as quickly as traditional designs. Since I was recently at a night vision match, I thought it would be interesting to test this out not with a thermometer but rather by seeing how much the can glows as one fires. So I took the most rapid-fire stage of Moons Out 2026 and compared the Ambient Arms EXO 5.56 to a couple other suppressors being run by other people on my squad.

Does it work as advertised? Yes, absolutely. It doesn’t stay cool to the touch, but it puts off far less IR light than anything else out there. Pretty neat!