This week’s Gear Review is about the EOTECH Sights. Using advanced holographic technology; EOTECH Holographic Weapon Sights (HWS) are among the fastest and intuitive sighting systems on the planet.
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I have the Su231 553 eotech.Its tough,holds zero but the rifle its on is the last one I would reach for in an emergency. The rifle it's on is reliable and accurate but I can't leave the eotech on with their horrible battery life.The Xps series is even worse.I like the reticle but the rifle with the Aimpoint t2 or the rifle with carry handle are the ones I grab in an emergency.
Went with a 518 a while back. Good product. I like the company, too – a few months ago my dumb ass over-tightened something and ended up sheering off the engagement surface on the cam lever of the locking part on the mount when I was attempting to release the quick detach. Sent a request to EOTech for a replacement mount, expecting to pay $150+ for it (that's what they sell for). But they sent it out for free even though it was my fault the mount broke.
They also say these are not night vision compatible, and it is true they don't have the little night vision button (actually, they do beneath the protective shroud, which I discovered while putting on the new mount. The NV button isn't functional though – doesn't do a thing). But it has 20 brightness settings, and the dimmest one or two are barely visible to the naked eye in a bedroom at night (so no additional light from the sun coming through a window) lit by incandescent lightbulb. The lowest 5 or so are invisible in the daytime outside.
The NV button is advertised as being a function that enables a super-duper dim reticle, as all the other reticles are too bright and would overwhelm the NV. But I think the lowest settings on a non-NV enabled EOTech would work fine with NV – a light source so dim you can't really see it in a room lit only by a standard lamp sounds like just the sort of thing NV is for – turning barely perceptible or almost totally imperceptible levels of light into visible light.
Maybe when I'm no longer one of the poors unable to afford decent NV I'll be able to test it out!
Great video
They are nice ….I just picked up a XPS2-2 …… You can find them well priced if you look ….I picked mine up new 2020 model for $429.00 free shipping …..