Are Eotech sights out dated?
We have had a ton of people stop in our store and ask us if we sell Aimpoint but unfortunately the distributor that we use to deal with no longer is carrying them. If we wanted to be a direct dealer for them, we’d probable not get product for another 6 months or more considering the craze that is going on in the Country. Aimpoints are probable the best price combat durable red dot optics but I am not a big fan of them. My eyes tend to track the Eotech sights or a Circle dot reticle like the TA44 from Trijicon better than a red dot. Lasers and Red dots seem to race around on targets and they also can obscure targets depending on the size of the dots. Trijicon does have a 1.75 MOA dot that is very nice but there are still some issues with that optic that I recently have found at fault.
After all of these optics are tested out, many of our customers still go back to the Eotech sights. Primarily because they are zero magnification and you can keep both eyes open when using Eotech sights which is very important if there are close quarters engagements which statistically occurs for Law Enforcement. I have been running the Eotech 512 for about 8yrs and only a battery contact came loose on it. I do have the Gen 2 Magnifier on it but I could probable be better off if I was running the Eotech 516 or the EXPS2-0 which have the buttons on the left side which is what you have to think about if you are thinking about adding on the Magnifier later on.