Why can't optics companies utilize the technology that Aimpoint does to get an illuminated reticle to run thousands of hours on a single battery? Sort of a vague question but if Aimpoint can figure it out somebody else should be able to. Most scopes are dead after a few days if you forget to shut off the illuminated reticle...it annoys me to the point that I consider it a useless feature.
Rifle Scopes Illuminated reticles and battery life.....
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Re: Illuminated reticles and battery life.....
Illuminated reticles use a tiny coin battery. Eotech/aimpoint use multiple 321 batteries that are probably 15x bigger. I think that would possibly explain one difference. They also illuminate using different mechanisms.
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Trijicon has a couple products that illuminate without batteries, such as the accupoint scope, acog, and a self-illuminating reflex sight. It is possible, but not always practical.
Illuminated reticles use a tiny coin battery. Eotech/aimpoint use multiple 321 batteries that are probably 15x bigger. I think that would possibly explain one difference. They also illuminate using different mechanisms.
ETA:
Trijicon has a couple products that illuminate without batteries, such as the accupoint scope, acog, and a self-illuminating reflex sight. It is possible, but not always practical.
Re: Illuminated reticles and battery life.....
Exactly. You are talking around 1500mah per CR123 battery, if they use multiple just add them up. A cr2032 battery has about 220mah, and there is only one.
Granted, aimpoint may also use digital illumination, kind of like what IOR is doing now. I dont know if the IOR's will last a lot longer than the standard type or not.
Exactly. You are talking around 1500mah per CR123 battery, if they use multiple just add them up. A cr2032 battery has about 220mah, and there is only one.
Granted, aimpoint may also use digital illumination, kind of like what IOR is doing now. I dont know if the IOR's will last a lot longer than the standard type or not.
Re: Illuminated reticles and battery life.....
I don't know the reason, but Aimpoint's electronics have by far the best battery life and it's not because some of them use larger batteries. The T-1 and H-1 Aimpoints use the same 2032 coin sized battery as many other makers scopes and they get tens of thousands of hours of battery life. Aimpoint has protected their designs with patents, but I too wonder why someone else couldn't design electronics with longer battery life without infringing on Aimpoints patents.
I don't know the reason, but Aimpoint's electronics have by far the best battery life and it's not because some of them use larger batteries. The T-1 and H-1 Aimpoints use the same 2032 coin sized battery as many other makers scopes and they get tens of thousands of hours of battery life. Aimpoint has protected their designs with patents, but I too wonder why someone else couldn't design electronics with longer battery life without infringing on Aimpoints patents.
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And speaking of battery life, why the hell cant they make a cell phone battery last 24 hrs Uggggggg I like my smartphone but if you are using the internet you better have a power source and cord along with you, 4 hrs tops on battery life
And speaking of battery life, why the hell cant they make a cell phone battery last 24 hrs Uggggggg I like my smartphone but if you are using the internet you better have a power source and cord along with you, 4 hrs tops on battery life
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