Comparisons between smaller optics
Some of the XPS and EXPS sights are floating around my local police departments and even at the gun club. With how much people like to put on their AR15s, the main selling point of these optics is they are shorter and give you rail space. I put a Surefire Scout flashlight on my LWRC M6A1 rifle and figured out real fast what people mean by needing more rail space. I guess due to the size of my hands I could not find a good place to put the pressure switch and if I switched from a 512 Eotech sight to s shorter XPS or EXPS sight I would be better off. The shorter run time on the batteries is personally not an issue because I tend to shoot with iron sights more often anyway.
If run time is an issue and you have the money, there is another option that hit the market in 2012. After you get past the sticker shock on the Trijicon SRS sights for sale, these red dot sights, as a serious operator, you will then understand the long term cost effectiveness of an optic like this. In comparison to Aimpoint and Eotech XPS and EXPS sights this is more compact. Having a primary solar cell and then a backup battery you are getting years of batter life out of this optic and also give Aimpoint some competition. We have a few of them we are testing out with local operators, but quality and durability are things that