wally
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For me, on a defensive pistol no batteries need apply! YMMV. No Trijicon competitor has this option yet!
I've a lifetime of infrequently used battery powered things that don't work next time I need them simply because the batteries are dead.
Sure they have "long battery life" and I'm very happy with my battery powered red dots on range guns, but I've extra batteries in my range bag which has salvaged an outing multiple times. Most recently my SIG P320 RX, which I haven't had all that long, but do shoot it quite a lot, the factory supplied battery went dead last time out, no warning, fortunately I had a spare in my bag. But if I'd needed it "for real" it'd be little better than "I fart in your general direction".
If the batteries are dead out of your holster, its very bad news! Sure you can set them up to have very high profile BUIS (which increase the possibility of snagging on the draw), but if I could still effectively use iron sights I'd not be bothering with red dots on my pistols!
I've a lifetime of infrequently used battery powered things that don't work next time I need them simply because the batteries are dead.
Sure they have "long battery life" and I'm very happy with my battery powered red dots on range guns, but I've extra batteries in my range bag which has salvaged an outing multiple times. Most recently my SIG P320 RX, which I haven't had all that long, but do shoot it quite a lot, the factory supplied battery went dead last time out, no warning, fortunately I had a spare in my bag. But if I'd needed it "for real" it'd be little better than "I fart in your general direction".
If the batteries are dead out of your holster, its very bad news! Sure you can set them up to have very high profile BUIS (which increase the possibility of snagging on the draw), but if I could still effectively use iron sights I'd not be bothering with red dots on my pistols!