Optics were made and tested against high standards. Long battery life and harsh weather resistance. However, because of this larger spectrum it makes it easier to determine the difference in quality and the factors that make some scopes more expensive than others: Purpose — Is the scope for a duty or tactical use?
Is it worth the splurge? Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Holographic sights are more expensive, bulkier, heavier, and have shorter battery life. But they also allow for faster target acquisition, they stay in focus when you look downrange, they can operate with the front lens broken, and some can even perform range-finding duties for you.
Nowadays, Robert is dedicated to helping others find the right optics for their needs. His hobbies include astronomy, astrophysics, and model building. Optics Mag is reader-supported. When you buy via links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no cost to you. Read more. Last Updated on Sep 16 Almost any sight with a red dot or other similar illuminated electronic aiming reticule can fall under the category of red dot sight. What is a Red Dot Sight?
Some are very affordable Some red dot sights are tiny Longer battery life. Image Credit: Bplanet, Shutterstock. Can operate with the front lens damaged Some can distance your target Remains in focus when looking down range Faster target acquisition 1-MOA reticle is better for magnifying. Very expensive Bulkier and heavier Shorter battery life Only made by two companies. Battery life may be a concern. Its that reason I decided I do not want optics that depend solely on a battery.
If the battery is dead I still want crosshairs that don't disappear. Sorry, A high dollar sight does not guaranty your life is any safer. Proper training and lots of practice are far more important. You can be killed just as easy with a high dollar sight as you can without one at all. As far as the Rolex comparison, our company gives them out as a reward for thirty years of service. So far 3 of the 12 given out have already had to go back to Rolex for repairs because they did not keep time.
Repairs that cost more than the average watch by the way. I have cheap digital watches that have been going more than 5 years with their original batteries and still keep perfect time.
Quoted: Sorry, A high dollar sight does not guaranty your life is any safer. They are all good sights. Here are what I see as advantages to the more expensive sights: Much better battery life for the expensive scopes.
The Tasco drains the battery even when it is off. If you let it sit, the battery will die. The more expensive scopes don't drian the battery, or in the AP's case it lasts for years on low power. The Tasco will not shut itself off if accidentally leave it on, so the battery dies.
The will shut itself off. The AP lasts for years even if you leave it on. The uses easy to find AA batteries, and there is a version of the Comp that does too. The Tasco batteries are hard to find and expensive.
The more expenive scopes have a brighter sight picture, especially the I have hunted with the Tasco, and the sight picture is dark enough that it is hard to pick up targets. The more expensive scopes have much brighter dots, which is very useful on a sunny day.
The Tasco is pretty good in this regard, but on a bright day it can be hard to pick out. The more expensive scopes have better mounting options. The Tasco mount is kind of a joke. The more expensive scopes have better controls, which are easier to manipulate. The Tasco controls are such that you could be trying to turn up the power on the scope and end up turning it off.
That could be bad. The more expensive scopes work better with night vision. I can't speak as to durability or quality, as none of them have failed me. I assume the more expensive scopes could handle a bump better, but none of them get abused much so I really can't say.
I assume the more expensive scopes are better at handling the wet too, but again I have not had reason to test this. It is certainly better than some of the other cheap ones I have tried. The more expensive scopes are times more money. They are not times better in any particular way, but there are ways in which they are better. There are just a large number of fairly incremental imporovements. I'd say a or Comp M2 is definately worth it, especially if this is something you are going to bet your life on.
I have also heard others on here state that if you were to risk your life and the life of others to cheaper optics in combat, your are a fool. Well, here are two things to consider. Now with that, you probably have another 50, written into the contract for replacements and another 20, worth of parts for repair.
The rest is all profit. The tooling is complete and at this point, it is just how many you can crank out paying your emplyees as close to minimum wage as possible. And, that is just on year. Figure what they would probably make over the course of ten years. I would venture to say if we weren't at war, ACOG wouldn't be able to charge for very long and get away with it. I don't know what they are carrying now, but when I was in Iraq if I were to use optics, they had to be paid for by me or my family members.
My unit and all the other units I worked with and around did not have optics. But, other than that, no one had optics. It was always Iron sights. So, if you were fortunate to be able to order optics and have them sent to you or have your family buy them and send them to you then, maybe you would have optics. So, for those that talk about risking your life and the life of others being fools, they need to carry thier happy ass over seas and do some time on the ground with iron sights ONLY and then maybe they can come back here and run thier mouth about optics in combat.
Then they might realize that in combat anything that can possibly give you the upper hand is a bonus wether it is a sight or a dollar sight. If it works it's priceless, if it doesn't it's left laying in the sand. I would have been more than happy to have a sight in Iraq. It would have been much better than the iron sights we were stuck using the whole time I was there.
We didn't have Larue or any other "Brand Name" items. Duct tape, cord and 1" nylon strap went a long way. I am surprised it has only been mentioned once in this thread.
The parallax in the cheap dots is terrible. If you don't center your eye you are not aiming to the same point, and centering your eye is a skilled guess. With the aimpoints and eotechs if the dot is on the target, the gun is on the target. Red dots. Reflex sights. These terms get tossed around a lot—often interchangeably. After all, how different could they be? Each of them features a reticle, a glass surface, and 1x magnification, right?
The truth is that red dots and holographic weapon sights work on two completely different principles. As stated, red dot sight uses an LED emitter to project a reticle onto glass, which is then bounced back to your eye. The LED emitter uses very little battery power, so red dots can have battery life up to 50, hours. And because the design is so simple, red dots are much lighter and more compact than holographic sights.
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