No doubt, it's a red dot on a budget, it's not an Eotech, but it doesn't claim to be either. I wasn't sure if I wanted EOTECH like or aimpoint like so I bought one of these and a holosun HS515BU. Here are my thoughts on it.
pros:
1. Bright seems to be bright enough to work on a sunny day. However, the day they came in the mail was right after a snow storm and looking through it on the brightest setting and into the bright white clouds, I couldn't, or at least barely could make out the reticle. The Holosun was fine though.
2. It fits on my rifle just fine, the QD feature is nice, haven't tested if it returns to zero yet or not, when I check that I'll let you know.
3. The Reticle choice is cool I guess, feels a bit cheap, not like a professional optic, which it's not, so that's okay.
4.seems plenty durable, easy to sight in, holds up to 223/556 recoil just fine.
Cons:
1. I personally don't like the selector switch, it's cumbersome and doesn't give you many options, which leads to my next point.
2. The limited reticle brightness choices made night hunting quite annoying. It was either too bright or not bright enough to hunt with a flashlight at night.
3. Also, the tint in the glass is a little too much for night hunting, our flashlights weren't super bright, but I also had a problem in the middle of the day sighting it in. I don't have the best eye sight and our target wasn't super contrast heavy, but at 10 yards the box we were using to sight in the 22 with was really ...
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