I guess you could call me a fence-sitter on this topic. I've seen Aimpoints, Trijicons, and EOTechs fail. I've seen the "others" fail as well. Everyone has their own idea of what is acceptable based on his or her own list of risk/reward factors.
I say figure out your own level of risk based on your own priorities. Want to run an ELCAN? Go for it. Want to run a budget optic? More power to you. It's your money and time you spent earning it. Do what you want. Don't want to run an optic? Feel free.
I just try to remember that some people can easily put out thousands of dollars for name-brand optics. Others have to "eat ramen" just to save up for a <insert budget optic here>. Some can't even afford anything more than irons. To each his own. It's your stuff, run what you want.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke
"It is better to be thought a fool and to remain silent, than to speak and remove all doubt." -Abraham Lincoln
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