Not sure my new Aimpoint is as bright as it should be

[markush]

Thanks guys. I guess I got hung up on the part where Aimpoint uses setting 7 to claim a 50,000 hour battery life...I was thinking setting 7 should be more usable then I was experiencing.

Funny thing is that I was leaning heavily toward the 4MOA version when I found the deal I got. A free ADM Cantilever mount and double battery kit with the purchase of the 2MOA only. I know if I find a 4MOA CompM3 to do a side by side with mine that I'll want the 4 instead.

[Dos Cylindros]

My T-1 says setting 8 for five years of continuous on. This is the ideal setting when my carbine is inside the house for HD, but when I go out into the mid day sun, it needs to go to 9 or 10 (usually 10). The lower "daylight" settings are primarily for use at dawn/dusk and inside buildings or under a forrest canopy where you don't want the dot to bloom out. No worries about having to run yours at a higher level as that is normal.

[JSantoro]

I really feel that the 4 MOA dot is the way to go for anything close to CQB. Turn in up for bright light, turn it down for dense shaded woodland. You'll never out-shoot a 4 MOA dot with an M4 anyways (99% of us) so why try to squint with a 2 MOA dot? The 4 MOA is quicker to pick up and with the flexibility why take the chance?

^^Not the thrust of the original question, as well as based on person/shooter-specific data instead of the capabilities of the device. Just because I don't have to squint for either a 4, 3, or 2or 1MOA dot doesn't mean I'm gonna start slinging a bunch of horsecrap at you because my physiology doesn't mimic what yours does. That'd be more than just a bit presumptious. Please extend the same courtesy and further do not presume to tell anybody how well they can or cannnot shoot simply because you haven't cultivated the ability to match or surpass a certain standard. Your cited percentage does not match the human trends, and so is either from a lousy source or simply what you wish it were (i.e., totally made-up).

To the OP, perfectly normal. I just came away from a desert environment in which I had my ML3 set to 8 or 9 in full daylight with no clouds. That's the trend across the population of users. The Aimpoint rep I was working around while out there would tell you the same thing.