Originally Posted by
VortexOptics
That's pretty odd for sure. A couple things that could be happening - the brightness of the reticle was far too bright for the lighting conditions - this will cause perceived blurriness. It could be the nature of your eye vs. other people's eyes as well which does not agree with the UH-1's form of illumination and reticle presentation (You wouldn't be the first to find that a holographic sight, though it works for many, just looks like utter nonsense to your eyes). Lastly, it could also be a misunderstanding of the nature of holographic sights. In a holographic sight, you're not looking at a reflection of a little shining LED at the back of the optic (Like all the red dots you describe in comparison). In those cases, the reflection just shows the crisp, solid LED light. A hologram, on the other hand, is essentially floating in front of you after a laser is bounced off a series of mirrors inside the sight and hits a beam splitter that gives you the image of a reticle. All holographic sights look slightly "Pixelated" for this reason rather than extremely crisp. It should never be extreme, but some notice it and think there's a problem with the sight - there isn't. If that's the case (And none of the latter points are also happening) then it's just a matter of focusing too heavily on the reticle. In an actual shooting scenario like these sights are designed for (CQB, quick-transition, fast movement), you'll be focusing down range and the reticle will essentially become like a heads up display. At that point, any pixelation is a non issue. Again, none of that will really matter if your brightness is far too bright (Very common) or if your eyes just simply don't like the hologram the sight presents.
Just some thoughts. Could have been a bad unit somehow, too? Hard to say without seeing it in person, but from our experience, it's most often one of those three things.