Red Dot Sight Fuzzy? Here’s What to Do

Yes, you can take a picture with your phone, but that adds variables that can complicate things. It's best to simply look through the optic conventionally and rotate it.

I'm not in the military, but was wondering; what type of scenario would I be shooting at a civilian who is 100yds away?

Mine looks like a bunch of grapes

i have a trijicon MRO and the distortion is annoying.

Oh my GOD this makes so much more sense, I'm laughing out loud while I watch this because you've finally helped me figure it out!

This video helped me a lot. Thank you for the insight. I watched this video about a year ago and it explained why i was having trouble with my vortex.
Btw, i have since moved to a holosun with a circle dot reticle (like the eotech hws) and it fixed my problem.

Another test is to take a picture of the red dot with your phone, and the photo will show the image the way it is actually projecting. I had an EOTech and the circle was all blurry and grainy… I took a photo with my phone and the circle and dot were crystal clear in the photo, so I knew it was me 🙁

Thanks to this video I saved myself the embarrassment of sending my RD sight back for no reason at all.
I do have Astigmatism and wear glasses, but I guess new ones are due.
Thank you.

Wow who knew Ihad an astigmatism. Not me. But I do. I was ready to send back my new red dot. But the small hole buis showed me the nice sharp round dot in stead of the buck shot i see without buis. Thanks!!

good info, thanks, now i know what my problem is.

OMG… I was diagnosed with astigmatism 20 years ago. When I bought my first red dot sight, I returned it 2 weeks later because I thought it was defective. Bushnell promptly sent out a new unit. Same problem. I learned to deal with it. After watching your video, I had my wife, and son look through the sight. They both saw a perfect dot. I can't thank you enough for the explanation .

I have always seen red dots as fuzzy and just assumed everyone else did as well. I guess I was wrong. Thank you for explaining this so well! Would this issue continue if I were to add a magnifier onto my red dot? Also does it happen with acog sights?

It worked! My stupid eyes! This saved me quite a hassle.

I just bought a Vortex UH-1 for $250 from a Cabela's Bargain Cave because someone returned it saying the reticle was blurry. I bet they had an astigmatism, because this thing is in fresh minted condition to my eye. Score one for the home team.

Also setting the optic for the minimum visible brightness usually helps.

And both your eyes likely wont reproduce the same image, look at it with one eye and then the other.

I’m scared to spend the money on a red dot because I have good vision but I don’t wanna waste 300$ on something that isn’t what I thought it’d be if my cornea is goobered

I have a astigmatism! GOD DAMMIT!!! How did I not know this. I thought the red dots were just crappy. DAMMIT!!!!!

thanks for the confidence boost! I'm not looking for precision accuracy with my Kobra and Acog. A little fuzz never hurt anyone.

GOD DAMMIT…..I have a stigmatism…lol

Excellent. My Primary Arms Micro Dot is very distorted on high settings. I can hit target at 100 yds but is guesswork. Highest setting may not be needed at this range. Good info.

Both red dots l own are pretty much perfect dots with a slight ray down thats only visible if i go really close. Always though: meh thats just red dots. Just rotated them and yup it stays the same. Also you can try the other eye. The red dot slightly changes . My shooting eye is definatly more of a dot though. Great info.

If they cold have an adjustment for focus it might probably help with people with astigmatism 😊

"Thank goodness, my optic is fine, it's only my eye that's bad!"

ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I AM TIRED….

This some amazing philosophy

Very good information. Thanks