Red or green

[Stoney Creek Arms]

Red works for me better than green.

[BC9696]

I prefer red reticles. However for lasers I prefer green.

^^^Me too. ^^^

[Preston-CLB]

I don't have an RMR but do have fiber optic front sites on my pistols. I am slightly green colorblind, so red works best for me.
-P

[Mac Attack]

I have both red and green but from different manufacturers and each has a different MOA dot size. My red is in a Trijicon RMR with 3.25 MOA dot and green is in a Holosun 508T with 2 MOA dot. I have an astigmatism and sometimes the red dot clusters. I read Gabe Saurez and a few other folks praise how great the green was for people with astigmatisms so I decided to get one. In my experience the green dot pops more than the red and is easier to pickup even against a green background.

But for me, the green dot clusters more than the red dot which is more focused for my eyes. This may be more of a MOA dot size issue thought. Irrespective of dot size, I would choose green over red for either handgun or rifle.

[krb]

I first had a red dot bec there was no green. Now I have green and I love green. For me red is not as obvious. The obvious to your answer though is try both and see which you like better. For me I love green.

[FNGGlock]

I have a number of red dots and only one green dot, my favorite is the green dot and I also like the circle dot setup vs just a simple dot.

[Dennis]

I would've liked to have gotten a green dot. I've read great things about them. RMRcc only has red.

[Ki6vsm]

I'd love to check out a green dot and/or green illuminated prism scope. But I figure there must be a reason why Aimpoint has only ever used red for their dots.

[static2126]

I would've liked to have gotten a green dot. I've read great things about them. RMRcc only has red.

If you decide you want a holosun greeen dot, I'll have two in early next week.

[static2126]

Which reticle color do you prefer (and why if you have a reason based on logic)?

Really personal call. Impossible to say unless you view both of the same model.

I favor red because I'm used to it. Red is a little worse for my astigmatism (green is a crisp dot vs a comet) but I run a 2 moa dot so it doesn't matter. My wife runs circle dot and favors green as it is more crisp.

Green stands out more and doesn't get washed out by brake lights and police lights (if this is a use case for you). Green does not get washed out on hills and grass for me. The green color is not a hue found in nature. We spend a lot of time hiking and looking through pistol optics.

Red for me washes out less in headlights vs Green. But I do keep my red 509T one to two settings higher vs green for the same perceived brightness.

The new green versions by Holosun are also more battery efficient vs the red. But that doesn't matter to me as they are close enough.

If I was starting from scratch I would go green but I prefer red just because 20 years of experience says so (rifle and pistol dot)

[static2126]

I also agree with other poster. that mentioned reticule matters more.

I will use red and green interchangeably and don't notice a different in speed from holster or accuracy at 25 to 150 yards (furthers I shoot a pistol offhand).

The bigger the dot the betteer green works for me. But overall just prefer red.

[floogy]

I still need to try green as I hear it can be better for astigmatism. But I need to see it for myself.

Probably not a really big deal. Apparently green uses battery faster though.

[Mac Attack]

[k1dude]

Red is best for me.

When I look too long at a green dot, it slowly fades away.

[BakoJ]

I have keratakonis and green is really the only thing that works for me.