EoTech won't work!

Armedsask

Armedsask

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My Eotech won't turn on. It's the N cell version. It was doing the blinky-blinky, signalling low battery, at the range and then shut off after a minute. I put new batteries in and now it won't turn on at all.

I don't have my manual in the city. Help me out guys!
 
you got the battery in the right way? maybe its a dead new battery?
 
I bought two sets of batteries, neither work.

Batteries are in the right way.

Edit: looks like one of the bloody contact points is stuck down. Got her running now.
 
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You probably did these already, but just in case...
- did you push the "bright up" a bunch of times?
- did you push the NV button if it has one?

I've seen people screw both of these up, either didn't have it bright enough or had pushed the NV button.
 
Armedsask said:
I bought two sets of batteries, neither work.

Batteries are in the right way.

Edit: looks like one of the bloody contact points is stuck down. Got her running now.
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Mine did this as well, I really like the Eotech but between the contacts getting stuck and the battery life they are high maintainence to be sure. Aimpoints have never let me down, even the older XD models are tough as nails and have 1000hrs of battery life. They would have been better off using the 1970s Everyready flashlight coils to keep the battery contacts from sticking.
 
I had the same problem, found that the old battery leaked a bit of acid onto the contacts and corroded them a bit. Cleaned the contacts/springs now its fine.
 
You guys have got to be kidding me. A contact point gets stuck when I change the batteries and you call that high maintenance? It took me all of 2 seconds to fix with a nail that was on the end table. :rolleyes:

Aimpoints are ####. The dot is way to big.
 
Armedsask said:
You guys have got to be kidding me. A contact point gets stuck when I change the batteries and you call that high maintenance? It took me all of 2 seconds to fix with a nail that was on the end table. :rolleyes:

Aimpoints are s**t. The dot is way to big.
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Too big for what?, if it's too big, your target is too far away for a CQC optic, the Eotech going down is a minor inconvenience for a recreational shooter, a total pain in the ass for someone at a fighting rifle class and down right dangerous for a professional user...the Aimpoint does not suffer from any of these deficiencies. As always YMMV.:beerchug:
 
sparrow said:
Too big for what?, if it's too big, your target is too far away for a CQC optic, the Eotech going down is a minor inconvenience for a recreational shooter, a total pain in the ass for someone at a fighting rifle class and down right dangerous for a professional user...the Aimpoint does not suffer from any of these deficiencies. As always YMMV.:beerchug:
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Sparrow hit the nail on the head. 4MOA is hardly too big on an unmagnified optic. Match the optic to the job.

If you still want a smaller dot, get an M3/ML3 and you can have your small dot. And if you need a bigger dot, ie. CQB, all you have to do is turn up the intensity and you now have a bigger dot.

Eotech would be my second choice, and only then if it was a Rev F or newer.

You just can't argue with Aimpoint's track record to date - it's the standard that other electronic sights are compared to.
 
Well.......Aimpoints may be "the standard that other electronic sights are compared to", but they certainly aren't infallible, nor should they be touted as such. ;) Anyone who spends even a modest amount of time around EOTechs and Aimpoints will see a failure on either eventually.
They are both excellent HWS's, and can stand up to just about any punishment Tac Rifle Commandos can throw at them. Except for Tactical Battery Changes.
 
Six Star said:
Well.......Aimpoints may be "the standard that other electronic sights are compared to", but they certainly aren't infallible, nor should they be touted as such. ;) Anyone who spends even a modest amount of time around EOTechs and Aimpoints will see a failure on either eventually.
They are both excellent HWS's, and can stand up to just about any punishment Tac Rifle Commandos can throw at them. Except for Tactical Battery Changes.
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Six, I realize we've touched upon your pet sight here, and as I have stated I actually prefer using the Eotech myself. However it is through being around them for what can only be called "far greater" than a modest amount of time is how we've come to our conclusions. Over a half dozen warantees in a year, "several" municipal professionals who we've done work for and are currently looking to replace their Eotechs but are running into budget restraints, more than two Federal agencies can also be included in this bunch. They simply are not holding up even in their Rev. F format. The two major downsides to Aimpoint are the added expense of mounting hardware and the rheostat turing on when stored, but with 10,000 and 50,000 hrs battery life that is not much of an issue. My point is that they are not even holding up to Tac Rifle Commando use (which I am) so how can they be trusted by professional users. I have high hopes for the newest model Eotech should they become available to us lowly civvies, even though some of us are putting between 10-20K though our ARs yearly.;)
 
The Eotech concept works best for me ... an open sight which does not interfere with peripheral vision and makes fast target acquisition possible. This is a great asset in CQ action shooting from what I've experienced. As to Eotech performance, I will add my name to the list of 'believers' having had no negative issues whatsoever with the sight.

If you want utter reliability, you'd use irons ... cheap and they never fail, unlike middle aged eyesight or electronic sights. I suppose that's why the BUIS was invented, right?
 
Not my pet sight at all. ;) I actually prefer the single dot of the Aimpoint as I think it is "quicker" than the too often confusing-to-the-elderly circle and dot of the EOTech.:redface:
What I'm saying is that folks who want to buy an EOTech should not be deterred from doing so. Most 'civilian' users like myself may never encounter a problem. I suspect that the Aimpoint is the more robust of the two HWS's, however, despite the EOTech's more obvious "armour".;)
The EOTech is the better looking accessory, imo. An Aimpoint looks like the hood & fender ornaments from a '57 Olds. :p
 
jaycee said:
Sparrow hit the nail on the head. 4MOA is hardly too big on an unmagnified optic. Match the optic to the job.
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At the recent tac match I was at with all targets under 100 yards and the big complaint I kept hearing was the Aimpoint reticule is too big for some of the longer range targets.
 
Armedsask said:
At the recent tac match I was at with all targets under 100 yards and the big complaint I kept hearing was the Aimpoint reticule is too big for some of the longer range targets.
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?????????????

All under 100 yards and a dot that essentially covers 4 inches at that range is too big? What were they shooting, postage stamps? At that range you can still shoot B-Zones with a 4 MOA dot.

Don't get me wrong here, but some times I wonder if people have any idea what they're buying. Eotechs and Aimpoints are not benchrest scopes - they are combat optics - made to make it faster and easier for people to shoot other people, and they do an admirable job of it apparently, given their almost universal acceptance.

I have a 2 MOA ML3, and I keep wishing I had waited and bought the 4 MOA, as I think it would better serve the sights intended role.
 
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