Better than i was expecting. - Crimson Trace 3.5x Battlesight w/Illuminated Hybrid BDC Reticle

Over all this thing seems to be a really good optic. Glass is pretty nice. Its not Trijicon good but its better than a lot of these prism optics that are floating around. It certainly is better than my Vortex or Primary Arms stuff but not as good as my Acog. I was primarily attracted to this thing for its reticle. While I was unable to test the hold overs (yet) they seem to be good enough for your average 5.56 load. The elongated triangle, well its more like an arrow, works well enough for quick aimed shots. Its not overly large and might by a hair to small for my tastes, but this is small potato's. In fact I have only 2 gripes with this thing. The first is no QD options. But this is minor as it has the IMO, next best thing. Having a Gerber or Leatherman is QD enough for me and the mounting reminds me of a smaller 2 point M68 mount. That is just torque it down with your handy multitool and it ain't moving till you do the reverse. The bigger gripe is that you can tell the reticle is lit from the bottom left. At least on mine, half the "arrow" ends up not lit under some conditions. This CAN be made to go away by fiddling with the focus and/or playing with lighting intensity. But I do not want to have to fiddle with it at all. And this is not an issue with it not lit. However, I really do like this optic. Shockingly more than I expected. This seems to be a largely under the radar release of a quality prism optic. Well it went under my radar until last month that is. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could for where it sits at its price point. And maybe a 2nd revision sometime down the line to fix smaller issues like, no way other than 45 degree offset stuff for a back up/close up sight optic. Although you can try and Bindon aim with this. But for me, too much work for my eye as it just wants to focus on the 3.5x. YMWV.