EOTech vs Aimpoint

Which do you prefer?

  • Aimpoint

    Votes: 15 26.8%

  • EOTech

    Votes: 31 55.4%

  • Don't know enough to make a judgement and/or don't care

    Votes: 10 17.9%

  • Neither. They're both terrible

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    56
I agree with those that have said that the EOTech reticle is way too busy. My SRT team issues EOTech, but allows personal purchase of other sights if you'd rather something else.

I know folks talk about the speed of an EOTech, but all that stuff in my view slowed me down. With the Aimpoint, I only have the find the single red glowing thing in my field of view, and the bullet is going there. I don't feel like I'm looking through a tube when I'm using the sight as designed (target focus, not sight focus). If I stare at the dot, I can see the tube, but otherwise it doesn't bother me.

Granted, we've got older EOTech's, but the battery life on the N-Cells is horrible. We have to swap cells about once every 6 weeks, and that's only after intermittent use. My Aimpoint OTOH, will burn for 50,000 hours. I also agree that controls on the Aimpoint are far better--I can turn my Aimpoint off and not have to look though it to verify that it is actually off like you do with the EOTech.

If you've got access to both at work, try to shoot with both of them and see what works better for you. Both are good sights, but each has features that suit different people.

-Teuf
 
I way prefer the Eotech. Quick acquisition from the ring, precise aim from the 1 MOA dot. All the red dots I've looked at either the dot was too big and/or bright (for me) which made it a distraction and covered too much area, or was too small and/or dim and too slow to acquire.

I have pretty bad astigmatism and the Eotech still works fine. I really think it's the best of both worlds- fast and precise.
 
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