I have a P320 X series with iron sights and recently purchased a P356 XMacro TacOPS that has the Xray sights. The iron sights with the dots works pretty good with ample lighting and the Xray needs the same. Outdoor on a brighter day makes these XRays shine (pun intended). While the iron sights are pretty good, the Xray helps me to get on target super fast. The #8 sights for this Xray kit are combat sights and although the aiming area is a bit shorter and not as wide as iron, they respond with immediate target acquisition. Actually I was surprised and pretty much blown away with that feature that wasn't mentioned in the product descriptions.
The main issue listed in the title tells it all. The Xrays are not much better in low light conditions. It's difficult to get a good bead when the green Tritium dot isn't that visible.-Also indoors during the day, if the light source is behind you, the Xray works pretty good. I even tried using a headlamp on the low setting during the day and without a good back light, the white dots on the rear sight are bright, but the green dot on the front sight is barely visible, but the white dots on the rear sight were bright enough to do a good 'even light' aiming.
So all in all, I'm pretty impressed with the Xray3 sights and will keep them for now. I will be testing some of the fiber sights. I have some of these green/orange fiber sights on some rifles that came stock with them and they work really well in low light. So I'll see how the ...
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