Fantastic sight, but the dot on my aimpoint pro is crisper - Aimpoint Micro H-1 2 MOA Red Dot Sight

The title line pretty much sums it up. This is a fantastic sight with small size, ridiculous durability and amazing battery life. My only con for it (other than the price) is that the dot has a bit of a "smear" look to it (almost like a little red comet). I've heard other people voice the same complaint and the usual response is "you must have astigmatism in you eye that makes it look that way." My reply is that a) I don't have astigmatism, and b) The dot on my Aimpoint PRO does not look like this and it uses the same LED mechanism as the Micro. When the dot on my PRO is turned up it does start to bloom like the Micro, but when I dial it down to do precision shooting (either as is or using a 3X magnifier) it is a very crisp circle, almost like an EOTech. That being said, even with the slight smear to it, the dot on the H-2 is small and precise. I have a few Primary Arms Micro Dots (PA's Micro clone) and while they are great sights -especially for $89- the dot is about twice as big as the H-1's and the blooming is worse. That's why I still give this sight 5 stars; yes the dot blooms a bit, but compared to the other options it's still precise. It's expensive, but you will definitely have it for the rest of your life so it's cheap in the long run. Plus if you want to sell it, they hold their value pretty well and you can get $400 for it if it's in decent condition. If you add a KAC battery cover that holds a spear battery you can go for 10 years before you need to worry about finding a new one, and that's only if you leave it on all the time. If you turn it off when not in use you can easily go 20 years before you have to find a new battery. 20 years. That is absolutely insane.

On a side note, I would recommend the H-1 over the T-1 all day long. The T-1 is about $100 more expensive and the only difference is the night vision capability. The problem is that there's still only 12 settings on the dial so you sacrifice 4 of the daylight settings to make room for the NV ones. This means there is greater brightness difference between the remaining daylight settings making it tougher to find one that is just right (they're either too dim or too bright). I have this problem on my PRO with it's 4 NV and 8 daylight settings. I live in L.A. so it's pretty sunny and the second to highest setting is too dim, but the only remaining one is the top "extra bright" setting that halos in the tube. I wish I could give up the NV settings to get 4 more daylight ones like there is on the H-1.

The ironic thing is that everyone that I know with night vision doesn't even use it through their optic. They have an IR laser and use that to aim and they all would also rather have more usable daylight settings.

All in all it's an awesome sight, buy it if you can afford it. Buy the PRO if you can't (it's $400 and comes with a good mount).