Reviews & Ratings for Meprolight Mepro RDS Electro-Optical Red-Dot Sights — 6 reviews — Page 1

I’ve got a Meprolight RDS on my AR15 and love it so much that I ordered another for my new Ruger SFAR 308

Parallax is terrible and frankly unacceptable for use in a red dot. If you buy one of these things, set it down on a table and test the parallax. Put the dot on a reference point, and move your head back and forth and see if the dot is still on the target. Even a small amount of movement induces a noticeable parallax shift. The horizontal parallax shift near the edges of the viewing window gets so bad that it it is off by several feet at 100 yards. The worst part is that the parallax starts almost immediately - there is a very, very small safe area near the center where you don't see parallax shift.
This is a red dot that requires you to shoot nose-to-charging-handle and would be very difficult to use in any sort of unorthodox or compromised position with a bad head angle. The large window is pointless given how bad the parallax shift is.
Absolutely no reason to ever buy one of these nowadays. I have vintage Aimpoints from 25 years ago that exhibit less parallax shift.

i have had my IWI x95 for a few years but have been using an LPVO on it. i should not have waited to add the RDS instead. the window is HUGE compared to my Eotech EXPS sights. very noticeably so. the X95 balances so much better and the RDS fits the x95's purpose. the only thing i would have liked is more brightness levels, but not enough of an issue to downgrade my review. its easily daylight bright and more, just wish there were more in the "dimmer" range

I haven't used it much yet... but the finishes and materials are very solid... you can use it with both eyes open and the movement sensor works, it's easy to attach to the rifle... it comes with a cover to protect the scope when it's not in use and tools to clean the lenses from dust and dirt... very elementary but it's good…it's very light...once it's in place it doesn't make any substantial difference