Optics

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I've had 2 Aimpoints and sold them both because it is too hard to pick up the dot in sunlight and the housing seems to limit my field of view. I have an Eotech EXPS3-0 and a 553, love them both and no such problems.

Optics preference is a very individual thing...you have to find out yourself which you prefer.

[gunsarefun]

I prefer Eotech. When you are zero'd for 25-50M, the ring is really nice because when you are within 10 yards or so your POI will be right at the base of the ring, not the dot. With an Aimpoint, you have to guess how far your POI is below the dot.

The other issue I have with Aimpoint is the price. I've heard that the holographic technology is much more expensive to produce than the LED system in the Aimpoints, yet Aimpoint prices their stuff slightly higher than Eotech.

[krnrspd]

If you are willing to invest the time with learning how to use the EOTech then the EOTech is a far superior optic:
65 moa ring ~ 65" @ 100 yds ~ 5'5" ~ so basically at 100 yds you can range a man sized target if they roughly fit the donut of death, and if they only reach the 1 moa dot from the bottom of the ring than they are ~ 200 yds away.

Also you don't have a big bulky tube blocking your fov or cluttering up your top rail.

If and when I get another EOTech I will make sure it is is EXPS series with side mounted controls.

[WETP]

I own and actively run in different rigs: Aimpoint Micro T1 , Eotech 553 and Eotech XPS2.
To be honest I like them all, they do what they supposed to do. The battery life is not an issue for me. 1. I have batteries (even for my Aimp). 2. I have seen Aimpoints batteries go out. So IMO dont get attached to that mind set.

What i like the most about the T-1 is the very small signature, is like nothing is there when used with the right mount of course. With the Eotech the 65 MOA circle is hard to beat when a close distance. You don't need to estimate your hold (which in reality is not hard at all) but in nice to just place the bottom of that circle on your target when you are inside 7 yrd.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Battery life is a completely overblown issue for all those high speed operators who don't get any further downrange than Burrostan, Angelestan, or Hodges Roadestan.