Can't decide on sight. (Opinions wanted)

[Drake]

I suggest you try a few first. Everyone has their own personal preferences.

I've owned/used:

- Bushnell Trophy RDS
Real steel, mid range tube RDS;

- Aimpoint CompM2 clones
Works as well as the Bushnell, quality ones will hold zero on a GBBR. Looks "cooler" than the Bushnell. Looking cool is super important. Probably my favorite all around;

- Aimpoint Micro T1 clone
Mounted on an AK, also like it: the green dot is really crisp in all lighting conditions, also holds zero;

- Docter Sight clone
Usually piggybacked. Works but the self-adjusting brightness is a huge PITA;

- generic reflex -style sight
Multiple reticles is cool, fairly low profile, works as advertised but -- and this sorta answers the point TNL brought up -- it tends to catch all kinds of reflections, e.g., if you're being lit from in front, it will catch the reflection of your face. The tubes on Aimpoint style optics helps prevent this;

- EOTech 556 and XPS2 clones
I had the Huang ones. They held zero on GBBRs. I found the reticle way too "busy" and tended to put a big "blotch" on target rather than an accurate dot. This is where personal preference and comfort comes in; the EOTech ret just didn't work for me -- although I know many people do like it. On the clones, the reticule also becomes very large if you move the optics too far forward. Real EOtech is cost prohibitive. YMMV.

- various magnified optics
ACOG, fixed 4x, 3.5-10x40, etc. The magnification is useful for spotting but unnecessary for aiming, and under most conditions trying to aim close range with high magnification will work against you rather for you (among other things its very easy to get tunnel vision and lose situational awareness; it's also a slower aim so you may want to mount secondary optics).

[SebellBlue]

Thank you all for your replies, you have given me much food for thought on the optics.

[unknownvariable]

++ Aimpoint T1. Light and lean. I think one has to justify(to them-self, not us) using something bigger, bulkier.

Qualifying this statement, I haven't tried the SRS (yet), but have tried pretty much everything else.

[Brit ter]

Another pic of SRS with the polycarbonate lens cover on

[SebellBlue]

where did you get the poly lense cover?

[Brit ter]

Airsoft depot has them

[Mandalore]

Do you find the poly lens cover to work well?

[beta678]

On the topic of the SRS, has anyone tried the replica SRS' with supposedly functional solar panels? Seen them on sites like Alienexpress and I'm curious if they actually work.

[Thenooblord]

http://www.ebairsoft.com/aabb-style-sight-p-6891.html I'm gonna give this one a try

[Brit ter]

Originally Posted by Mandalore

Do you find the poly lens cover to work well?

works good it comes in three pieces that screw into the sight

[Magnaroth]

Those of you who have used different RDs, specifically the T1/H1s, do you prefer a small MOA dot, or a slightly larger for airsoft?

I Know the T1s come with either the 2 or 4 MOA, the SRS is 1.75.

[Brit ter]

I own about 27 different optics for my guns . I like the red dots the best but to each their own !

[-=ArchAngel=-]

Originally Posted by Magnaroth

Those of you who have used different RDs, specifically the T1/H1s, do you prefer a small MOA dot, or a slightly larger for airsoft?

I Know the T1s come with either the 2 or 4 MOA, the SRS is 1.75.

Depends on the setting. Indoors cqb, a larger moa dot is easier to pick up while a smaller moa dot is nice outdoors where a lil more precision may help.

[Thenooblord]

If anybody still cares, I recieved the Clone SRS and so far it honestly seems like one of the best clone optic I've ever used, especially for the price, Nice crisp dot, and you can see the brightest dot while looking at the sun, and combined with the great wide FOV through the tube.. ill probably get a few more for other guns...

[Zack The Ripper]

I have been using the SRS that Airsoft Store sells for quite some time now and it is fantastic. I have yet to test on a GBBR.. Maybe I might do that...