Eotech 512

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herkyguy

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Well, I picked up an Eotech 512 at an Academy sports store in Mid November of 2015. I mounted it on a remmy 870 and just got to shoot it today. I put a few turkey loads through it, but mostly just cheap target loads for fun.

Turns out the sight turns itself off at random while firing. It's not the batteries, they are new. I've now read a bit about bad connectors in some models. I always thought Eotech was the gold standard.

It gets worse. I called customer service, which never answered. No 'please hold' or anything. It just rang. And rang. And rang. When I press zero for an operator, it defaults back to the main automated menu.

Frustrated, I decided I'd ask for a refund. So I got ahold of the refund line lady who then read from a script that refunds only apply to sights purchased before November 2, 2015.

Eotech sucks.
 
EOTech is more the "brown standard", if you get my meaning. Honestly, they're the textbook example of how to do everything wrong with a red dot sight. Let's see: fragile, wandering zero at high and low temperatures, poor battery life while on and eats batteries even when turned off. The list goes on. The company is flat out done. I don't see anyone buying from them after that recall fiasco.
 
My experience with them over the years has been excellent.

When my oldest sight started to exhibit those traits this year I called them up and they rushed a kit out to me which was a better option for me than returning my sight.

You generally should not have to do your own repairs but I would contact them by their e-mail. The response times were outstanding. Their website has a page to identify if yours is one of the ones requiring the upgraded contacts.

Here's my take on it:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=801535&highlight=eotech


Todd.
 
Video games made Eotech popular, not quality. The Eotech 512 I owned failed completely after sitting on an AR for about 400rds.
 
I just wish I could get a refund, but apparently EOTECH has changed their policy as of 2 November 2015. Oddly enough, it was $40 off when I picked it up at an Academy in MS - this was of course two weeks after their refund policy changed. I wonder now if that had something to do with the discount.

I got the RMA to return it yesterday afternoon via their website. No one ever picked up on their customer service line. I tried three times and let it ring for almost ten minutes each time.

Apparently I pay shipping to them and they pay for the return via UPS. Still, I'm not entirely sure I will ever fully trust that 512 again. It failed multiple times during pretty benign shooting.

Not impressed.
 

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Just read it today. I've apparently been living in a bubble for all of my life, just assuming that since I always saw EOTECHs on the long guns of heavy hitters that their stuff was legit.

I started out with Leupold prismatic and Aimpoint sights, but when I found an EOTECH on sale I figured what the hell, I'll give it a try.

Turns out someone in the L3 or EOTECH boardroom decided to finally pony up and admit their technology ain't all it's cracked up to be. The Federal government has given EOTECH a lot of money over the years, apparently under false pretenses.
 
Sell it on eBay and buy an Aimpoint PRO.

I really like mine after I got the eOTech refund.

Came out just about even.
And the Aimpoint appears to be bullet proof!

rc
 
Sorry to bump this thread, but I just picked up a EoTech 512 from a buddy and stumbled across this. If I am not operating in any environments with extreme cold or heat should I worry about this?

If they are going the way of the dodo should I fill out the refund request and just see what happens?
 
Hanzo,

Don't worry. I ran mine on a duty gun for 8 years, and it experienced hard use and temperature extremes. Mine never let me down, and the only reason I don't still use it is because of the fact that my department deauthorized them following that lawsuit. The sight worked great for me.
 
I have a 512 I purchased in 2009, in 2013 I dropped it (and my m4gery) rather hard onto concrete. The reflector mirror or whatever was bouncing around and the sight was toast.

Figured I'd have to pay for it, but I called them and they sent me a prepaid box to return it, and sent it back to me the next week express shipping good as new, no questions and at no charge to me.
 
Mine ran battery's dead turned off in storage faster then I could replace them.

EOTech told me over & over 'that's just the way they work..

I returned mine and used the money to buy a new Aimpoint PRO.

very happy with that decision.
 
I have two, both 512s, Rev F. Hate them. Love the reticle, but that is the only thing. At least one has gone back for repair (which I had to pay about 100 bucks for) when it would not brighten up enough to see the reticle in day light. The other one started losing the reticle unless it was centered in the window, and got dark and fuzzy around the edges.

I will not buy another, regardless of price.

Went to Aimpoint a couple years ago - no problems.
 
Mine ran battery's dead turned off in storage faster then I could replace them.

EOTech told me over & over 'that's just the way they work..

I got a surplus beater 512, and the (used) batteries it came with were good for about a year and a half until I replaced them, recently. Granted, this is the older style using the obscure CR2310 or whatever batteries; the AA's may not last nearly as long. My only issue was that the ARMS mount thing wasn't very repeatable at all. My PS90 can quietly plink steel at 150-200yds when it'd dialed in properly, though, and I can't imagine an optic with a wider field of view. The tiny 1MOA dot also makes distance shooting more fun, though that feature is hardly intrinsic to laser reflex sights (just seems like most dot-optics go for some giant glowing blob that obscures far targets :()

TCB
 
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