Optics Recommendations?

**obucina** · 08-06-10, 22:11

Originally Posted by kmrtnsn

We have had a lot of issues with our Eotechs. Use good batteries. Cheap batteries do not like the impact/vibration of select fire and begin to leak, ruining the Eotech battery compartment. Ours seem to lose zero with great degree of regularity. They also seem to die at the time you really need them; carry lots of batteries. Big, clunky, and heavy, there are better options out there. Like Aimpoint says, " your next battery hasn't been made yet".

I noticed a battery issue with my eotech also. I had the 512 and it came with Engergizer Industrials...they are lithiums(as you probably know). When I replaced them with Energizer Alkalines, they seemed to take a rather progressive nose dive.

**usmcvet** · 08-06-10, 22:12

There is a ton of good info in the stickies under optics. The T1 is nice but if you are like me and don't need night vision compatibility or the extra waterproof depth protection the H1 will save you money. It is not subdued but you could paint it if you wanted too.

What do you mean by old eyes? Do you need magnification?

**dc202** · 08-06-10, 22:37

Had two Es and sold both of them. Battery life was the issue for me. Fiddling with a button at 0300 is not my idea of being ready. The Aimpoint T-1 does not have this issue.

**DaBears_85** · 08-06-10, 22:42

For what it's worth, I've never had any problems with my 512 other than the battery life. Durability or not maintaining zero has been a non-issue for me. I once had some jackass knock over my rifle pretty hard on the concrete. I picked it up and sure enough it still worked and was still zeroed.

All that aside, if I had to do it over again I'd go with the Aimpoint H-1.

**kmrtnsn** · 08-06-10, 23:05

Our Eotech equipped rifles are "trunk guns". They get moved in and out of vehicles regularly; they get bumped around. I would call this normal use. That said, I would expect more from an optic marketed to that market.

**Nugentforoffice** · 08-06-10, 23:21

Originally Posted by kmrtnsn

To get lower 1/3 co-witness with an Eotech you are going to need a riser. I have a LaRue under my duty rifle's 552 and like it a lot. For that kind of cost to get an Eotech "fixed" I recommend just buying a T-1 on a LaRue riser since you'll be at that price point anyway. The T-1 will hold zero and you won't be buying batteries.

If buying a riser for an Eotech is "fixing" it as you stated, isn't buying a riser for the T-1, as you suggested, considered "fixing" it? Just sayin

**Hmac** · 08-06-10, 23:27

Originally Posted by Nugentforoffice

If buying a riser for an Eotech is "fixing" it as you stated, isn't buying a riser for the T-1, as you suggested, considered "fixing" it? Just sayin

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**DaBears_85** · 08-06-10, 23:55

Originally Posted by kmrtnsn

Our Eotech equipped rifles are "trunk guns". They get moved in and out of vehicles regularly; they get bumped around. I would call this normal use. That said, I would expect more from an optic marketed to that market.

Good point. So in an ideal world, what optic would you have your agency equip?