Got a defect, but there's more... - Primary Arms SLx MD-25 Rotary Knob 1x25mm Microdot Reflex Sight

So to start with, Opticsplanet was super with the return and refund. Printed a shipping label, UPS took it and it was all refunded within like a week of dropping it off. The reticle illumination was very dim, it could not be seen under setting 8 out of 11, this was indoors and not in even brighter sunlight and I am quite certain it wasn't that dim by design. I decided not to replace it with another because the ACSS reticle without a magnifier is completely worthless. The chevron not only is barely visible, but it is so small the dot that it appears as is barely visible let alone every other mark beneath it. I already knew about the stiff dial and can confirm yes it's stiff when it arrives new. I did like everything else about it and the risers included were able to put it at a 1/3 cowitness. I would ONLY use this ACSS with a magnifier which kind of defeats the purpose of a red dot sight over a LPVO otherwise if the red dot model has a large enough dot and was brighter than my likely defect, I'd go for that one.