Quote History Originally Posted By GunsRfun4me:
Only 150 hours. Why is it that several 1X red dot optics can get up to 50,000 hours but the LPVO's are way down in only the hundreds of hours ?
I am not picking on the Vortex Razor, I am asking about all LPVO's versus red dots in general, why is there such a huge difference in battery life ?
Is there anything in the works that would dramatically increase the battery life on LPVO's from only a couple hundred to at least 1000 hours or more ?
I am just trying to learn, so thanks again for any helpful replies,
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As one of the other posters in here mentioned, the technology is far different in LPVO's than it is in red dots. Red dots have the ability to use a far more efficient LED that doesn't require as much "Juice" to give you a point of aim in comparison to a riflescope whose illumination system needs to be bright enough to either illuminate the etch and fill portions of a glass reticle, or the end of a fiber optic in the case of the Gen II Razor you're talking about. Not to mention, the Razor has to do it in a way that also makes the illumination so bright it can be seen and used in bright daylight as well. Battery life could be much better if all we needed to do was illuminate it for low light use, but "Daylight bright" use is a whole different animal.
The benefit to a riflescope, and part of the reason it's not nearly as paramount that it has many 10's of thousands of hours of battery life (Though, we understand, that certainly would be nice if it were possible) is that you always have a point of aim with the reticle regardless of whether or not your battery is dead. If a red dot battery goes, you've got zero point of aim through that optic, so it's much more important that they make efficient use of their battery so as not to require frequent battery changes. Plus, the only way to use a red dot is with the illumination on, whereas a riflescope can be used either way, so you're not necessarily always draining the battery with it on.