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Posted: 3/9/2006 9:47:18 PM EDT
AIMPOINT claims you can put the brightness on 7 out of 10, and it will run for 50,000 hours. That is 5 years. If that was true, why would anyone ever turn it off?

Is it true?
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 9:44:16 AM EDT
[#1]
You will have to ask again in 5 years.    It should be true, I have run second generation Aimpoints for months with no issues and other long lasting red dots like the Dr Optic run for years so I see no reason the Aimpoint would not do the same.  In actuality it never really turns off either.  The off setting is just a very low level on setting.
Link Posted: 3/10/2006 11:18:23 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/10/2006 11:56:03 AM EDT
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Quoted:
AIMPOINT claims you can put the brightness on 7 out of 10, and it will run for 50,000 hours. That is 5 years. If that was true, why would anyone ever turn it off?

Is it true?


Yes it's true.

Like what DevL said, there is no off switch position, the off setting is just a very low level on setting.

I only have an older M2 model and I'm not complaining about the 10,000 hrs/ 1+ year of daytime operation on a set of batteries.

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