Aimpoint PRO question?

I think you all have broken sights and should send them my way.

Just received my PRO in the mail yesterday and it's my first Aimpoint, but have a quick question about the intensity levels. I know from experience that with most any red-dot/illuminated reticle the first few levels are worthless (usually have to get to at least setting #3 before you can start to see faint illumination). However, with the PRO I received settings 1-5 display nothing - not even with the front cap closed in a completely dark room, and the 6th setting is only really adequate for pitch black conditions. Given the PRO only has 9 intensity settings that essentially leaves me with just three to choose from for normal daytime shooting. Not so impressive given the price and Aimpoint's long-standing reputation for quality and durability.

So is this the "norm" or did I get a bad one or possibly a bad battery?

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Originally Posted by MrFurious

Just received my PRO in the mail yesterday and it's my first Aimpoint, but have a quick question about the intensity levels. I know from experience that with most any red-dot/illuminated reticle the first few levels are worthless (usually have to get to at least setting #3 before you can start to see faint illumination). However, with the PRO I received settings 1-5 display nothing - not even with the front cap closed in a completely dark room, and the 6th setting is only really adequate for pitch black conditions. Given the PRO only has 9 intensity settings that essentially leaves me with just three to choose from for normal daytime shooting. Not so impressive given the price and Aimpoint's long-standing reputation for quality and durability.

So is this the "norm" or did I get a bad one or possibly a bad battery?

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Sounds normal to me. I always have to crank through the first bunch of settings to see it.

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Originally Posted by Jim D

Sounds normal to me. I always have to crank through the first bunch of settings to see it.

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The first 4 or 5 settings are for NVDs. There are 5 or 6 daylight settings. I've never seen a situation where I couldn't match the brightness to the lighting.

Most likely its a astigmatism with your eye. Try looking through it with your other eye and I bet that the shape will change...if so its not the dot that is changing between eyes but it the way your eye sees the dot.

As everyone has already stated, yes it's normal. I thought the same thing until I got my h1 outside and started looking at my target and not the reticle (both eyes open of course), that's when it dawned on me that these Aimpoints Rock.

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Originally Posted by Texas42

Funny, I looked through an Eotech and it looks like one giant smear. I look through an aimpoint, and it looks like a comma. I can use a comma. The smear is just too busy.

I hate my astigmatism.

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This is exactly how it is for me. Went to the store to look at both, flipped my glasses up and saw a comma on the Aimpoint and a blob on the Eotech XPS2-0, flipped the glasses back down and saw perfect reticles. I think I'll be going with the Aimpoint PRO based on that.