Aimpoint PRO question?

[NYH1]

I noticed sometimes when I look through my new Aimpoint PRO that the dot isn't always a perfect circle. Sometimes the dot seems to look more like a lower case letter "i", an explanation point (!) or even two dots ( right on top of each other then a circle. Then other times it looks like a perfect circle. Have you noticed anything like this with your Aimpoint PRO optic's?

Thanks, NYH1.

[sjc3081]

I have a m4s, T1 and a H1 and sometimes my dot is round and other times it is shaped funny with all three sights. I think it is just my eyes and normal.

[samuse]

It's your eyes.

I thought my Aimpoint was showing a funny dot at times when I first started using it. A little internet reading led me to discover this trick:

Take a picture of your dot and print it. Try it.

Now that I know it's me and not the dot, I just deal with it. I pretty much see about an 8 MOA bugsplat. A little better with a 2MOA Aimpoint.

[NYH1]

Will an EOTech dot do the same thing?

Thanks, NYH1.

[darr3239]

All red dot sights will do the same thing. It's what's going on with your eyes.

I recently had cataract surgery, after seeing a backwards "y" instead of the round dot. Now it's almost perfectly round.

Lots of stuff going on with how we see. Most of it comes with getting a little older.

[nimdabew]

Will an EOTech dot do the same thing?

Thanks, NYH1.

I see a cluster of dots with Aimpoints (except for the 4 MOA M2, not the same for the 4 MOA M3), but my EOTech looks spot on.

[UCPOPO]

Will an EOTech dot do the same thing?

Thanks, NYH1.

Yup, they all do it. You might check it in bright light though. They seem fuzzier in lower light in my opinion.

[Texas42]

I see a cluster of dots with Aimpoints (except for the 4 MOA M2, not the same for the 4 MOA M3), but my EOTech looks spot on.

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.

[nimdabew]

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.

I should have also prefaced that by saying I had laser surgery in 2008 to correct my astigmatism. Looking through two different diode types back to back produce vastly different dots too. It is strange.

The M2's look perfectly round. The M3's look like a cluster. The T-1's look like a giant railroad spike. I haven't looked at a 2 MOA T-1 yet to see what they look like.

[swinokur]

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.

Turn down the brightness on the Eotech and the smear should disappear. The optic is being overdriven. My experience anyway.