Not a bad inexpensive dot - Meprolight MPO-DF Open Emitter Pistol Sight with RMR Footprint 3.5 MOA Dot

I'll start by saying that as a fellow astigmatism sufferer, I can empathize with the reviewer of the MPO-DS -- another new Meprolight offering here on Optics Planet. It sounds like that individual may not have been diagnosed or made aware of their astigmatism, and rated the optic poorly as a result. To anyone reading this who is unaware, you can test this by looking at any red dot through your phone camera to see whether or not the dot is a clean circle when viewed through a camera lens. If the starburst persists when viewed this way, then the dot is likely the problem. The starburst effect is there on the MPO-DF, but I don't find it bad enough to make the optic unusable.

So far, it has been good. I have yet to run it hard, and I will update the review if anything changes, but if my 5 stars are still up here, then I still like it.