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Originally Posted by grantmac
You've clearly never run or spoken to anyone who runs an Eotech in the real world. Short story they are unreliable fragile crap compared to an Aimpoint.
They have limited water resistance, poor battery life and many durability problems.
You take an RS Aimpoint, turn it on and drop it into a bucket of water. Come back a year later and it's still working fine. I've seen EOtech 552s fail from light spray (10m waterproof my ass).
Sure they look cool, but don't kid yourself with regards to the Eotech as a fighting optic.
-Grant
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Good point. Because nobody runs an EOtech in the real world. *rolls eyes*
Clearly this talk about what is best is a discussion doomed to fail from the get go. You use what you prefer and what works for you. I think you will find people who like the EOtech and those that don't and prefer the aimpoint. How do you change a person's opinion on something when they've already made up their mind? You don't.
You seem to cherish the long battery life. Perhaps there is also a difference between guys who don't want to change their battery in their personal carbine they use on the range, versus the guys that are dropped off stealth helicopters and only need to have the optic work for a couple of hours for one specific op. EOtech claims that even their smaller units, the XPS3 can run 600 Hrs continuous. I think thats more than enough for one OP. In case it runs out those, you have that spare battery in your stock compartment.