Originally Posted by
teflondog
I bought a T2 this year and the first thing I noticed was that it was one step lower in brightness compared to all of my T1s. I keep my T1s set to 9, which is bright enough to not get washed out when using a weapon light (the battery life lasts around 2.5 years on this setting). The T2 on the other hand needs to be set to 10 for the equivalent brightness (the battery life lasts only 10 months on this setting).
I contacted Aimpoint about this and they didn't acknowledge any change in the LED or circuitry. They attributed the lower brightness to "manufacturing variances" but I've read enough forum posts to know that this isn't the case. Because of the lower brightness (which results in reduced battery life), I put the T2 on my range rifle while my SHTF rifle still has a T1 on it. I'm going to avoid buying any more of Aimpoint's current red dots due to this. Hopefully when they release the T3, it will match the T1's performance.
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