Originally Posted by
Wake27
I just bought my third so figured I’d post some thoughts, many of which I’ve already said in several of the generic budget RDS threads.
I’ve switched them around a few times, but the current setup which shouldn’t change any time soon is as follows: 1st gen crossfire on beater PSA upper, using stock lower 1/3 mount; 1st gen crossfire on Mossberg 590A1 with stock low mount (used to be on an 870 w/ Aridus mount); new 2nd gen crossfire on Badger C1 offset mount, paired with Razor 1-6. The last two haven’t seen much use but the one on my PSA has at least 500 rounds through it without issue.
Overall, I’m very pleased, especially considering what I’ve paid (never more than $115) but have a few things I’d like to see vortex improve:
1. Dot brightness is my biggest issue and I’m disappointed they added to NV settings to the newest generation instead of making two brighter settings. Most people don’t shoot with nods by mounting them behind an RDS, and those that do probably have enough money to not buy a $130 red dot to pair with a PVS-14. The vast majority of this optic’s target audience would benefit far more from a brighter dot.
2. Off settings in between each brightness level would be nice. I wouldn’t pay $50 more for it, but if it could be done for a minimal price increase, that’d be great.
3. The manual needs to be more detailed. The biggest things lacking IMO are torque specs for mounting it and is like to see a full battery life chart. I’m pretty sure Aimpoint only gives you the life for its “medium” setting that’s over 50k hours, but that doesn’t mean vortex has to as well. I want the full break down so I know I have to replace the battery every six months if I have it two levels higher than the 50k setting.
4. Holosun has different reticles, it’d be cool if this did too. I don’t follow them much so those optics may very well sell for $100 more than this one, in which case maybe not worth it unless Vortex keeps this as the cheap option and then introduces one with different reticles in the $250 range.
Overall, I'm obviously very happy with these for the price, otherwise I wouldn't have three and plan on buying at least two more. I've never bothered trying any of the Sig, Holosun, or other budget dots out there, purely because I prefer the company behind the Crossfire.
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