Who has had an EOTech problem?

[DialTone301]

I have been happy with my EXPS so far.

[ROUTEMICHIGAN]

No probs whatsoever with my 516 and now my 553-- I banged both around pretty good in all kinds of weather/environments. No complaints. Wish it was a little lighter though-- comparing it to my T-1!

[misanthropist]

I'd heard the N cells have the worst battery life out of all of them though?

I'm sure that's true. The battery life is not great. That is a distant secondary concern for me when compared to durability and reliability, however.

[Wake27]

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...=1#post1193734

Had to post this here as it is very relevant.

[Submariner]

Around the turn of the century, we had four N-cell EoTechs. These consumed batteries at the cyclic rate. Upside was they did not require a separate mount.

Bought an Aimpoint CompM with an ARMS mount. It solved the battery life issue. We preferred the single red dot. Traded the EoTechs for a 1000 gal. tank full of propane and bought Aimpoints ever since, up-grading over time with little additional expenditure of funds. Mount selection went from ARMS, to GG&G to LaRue.

[cabbynate]

I had a couple of older 512's that would drain batteries when off (like fresh lithiums found DOA after a month of sitting in the gunsafe) but that's the only problem I've personally experienced.
Tomac

Same here..

[cjt50]

No problems with my XPS2.

Only problem I had with my 511 "N" cell, (other then chewing batteries up) was after 6 years of use, I notice the reticle would change brightness and focus on one corner of the FOV.

Sent it to EOTech 4 years ago and it was cleared up. It is now 10 years old and still going strong. Mine is an older Rev C so it really likes batteries.

[mkmckinley]

Can I vote twice? I've had two 123 models shit the bed.

[SGB]

Had a 512 for a little while, had no problems with it just decided I liked the aimpoint more.

[rob_s]

Bear in mind that members of agencies and entities that use these things can often walk up to a cage, turn in a busted one and get a new one. It's rarely thought of, from the outside and looking in, and individual owners generally don't have that option.

Bear also in mind, some of the cats you're talking about are also comprised of those that get a suite of devices to swap out, even if the above weren't the case. Again, individual owners may or may not have that option.

Boom.

People are always quick to cite this unit or that agency badass with "zero problems". They never quote the armorer for said unit or agency.

At Pat McNamara's class last year, several of us were surprised to hear him say "the Eotech is a good optic..." during the pause we all looked at each other quizzically. The rest of his quote was "...as long as, between missions, you take it apart, pull the springs out to decompress them, put the battery box in the dishwasher..." (or words to that effect). The point being that whether he was doing it himself or someone was doing it for him, it was not just plug & play, and the end of his statement was "or you can just get an Aimpoint and not have to **** with it" (again, paraphrased).