Aimpoint PRO question?

[jesuvuah]

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

[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?

[Jim D]

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?

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

[Hmac]

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

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.

[RMF]

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.

[CPD15-5]

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.

[prq9218]

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.

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.