Remember everyone, it doesn't matter what magnifier you choose as long as the brand matches your red dot! Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
As a Sig Micro 5x magnifier + EOTech EXPS 3-4 Holo Unity enjoyer, and Vortex 6x magnifier + Sig Romeo8T Unity enjoyer: I am proud to say the only magnifier + red dot that matches is my Holosun 510/512's. :)
Minimal eye relief doesn't really lend itself to being put on rifles with more capability at longer distances where more magnification would be more helpful, because recoil. I thought an EOTech would go well with my thumper AR, until I couldn't see much through it from 5" behind it and I still got hit in the face.
Wish you would talk more about the durability of these magnifiers. Also the mounting systems, whether they can take a unity mount or if they comes with plates for different heights. I agree with Hop cause the Juliet 6 would not line up to my Eotech Exps2. plates made it either too tall or too short. Got a g33 works perfect!
There seems to be some acceptable compromises simply because its Trijicon. Fish-eye, and movement in the dipoter would be deal breakers in some instances, but Trijicon did it and charged more for it. Having a sample size of one is every review, isnt it? For $40 more than the Trijicon you can get a G33 (without a mount - I have a Unity FTC), and have a great product. Primary Arms use the SAVE12 code . Or spend another $160 to get it with the mount with the code. The other route is to go with Holosun or the Vortex Micro 3x. My opinion the Vortex 3x is a very good magnifier.
@@GoatDR Not sure about this video. C_Does seems very tolerant of $400 magnifier when usually the shortcoming of this would be deal breakers. Fish eye - Adjustments dont detent well Slop in the dipoter The Holosun looked better and $200 less but still went Trijicon because of the name and reputation instead of the actual review on hope that the Trijicon would be ok. So for twice the price go with the higher priced item and hope its better. I have the G33 and got it less than $400 without a mount because I use the FTC mounts on my magnifiers. Also the G33 can be had with the mount for $439 as I type this at Eurooptic on sale. That makes it a no brainer
No Thermal or Night Vision segment? C, I am dissapoint. Jokes aside, low light with a magnifier sounds like a recipe for disaster. Glass clarity (%) * Wavelength(nm) * Objective(mm) / Magnification(x). Obj being limit.
Got mine on sale for $250. Opened the box flipped is and saw it said “made in china” and threw up a little in my mouth. Went and got a g33 exps combo later. Not a terrible magnifier but trijicon and China shouldn’t be in the same sentence
Just bought one from Midway, a blem for decent price. I did what you're not supposed to do and put it in front of a 1x prism. It does work, but you actually have to zero it also and no clicks makes that difficult. I also flipped it to the side and at 50y it still seemed zeroed. Took it completely off and put it back and same thing. Didn't have time to shoot at 100, but will soon to see what happens.
My Trijicon 3x magnifier says 'Made in China' on the bottom. And yes I contacted Trijicon to confirm that it wasn't a fake or something. It works just fine but I'm not convinced that it's actually any different than the other Made in China 3x micro magnifiers. The image quality does look noticeably better than the Hm3xT in the video though so maybe I'm wrong.
@viniciusbergamo9230 He did both. The Vortex was 3 years ago and not as detailed.Wanted to see a comparison and get his opinion on the 2, head to head. Rather than the Holosun and G33, the Vortex seems to be most similar.
"I guess most companies just find something that works, and use it." I'm convinced all the rock-in magnifiers are the same OEM. It's probably ALL Chinese as well. Maximum profits that way. Makes me doubt the efficacy of buying an EOTECH magnifier for my EXPS. Would love to have one as the glass quality does seem marginally better than most, but then the Vortex 3X micro is also quite good and MUCH cheaper. You just can't get it in brown (I don't think you can, at least). Also... I found myself somehow mysteriously unsubscribed from your channel as of this video.
I was thinking about getting the holosun HM3X as my 3x magnifier. I want something with the most eye relief since I've never had one of these before. Which one would you recommend what do you like best?
No issues with mine got it years ago from a buddy for like 150$. Mount hinge started to get some slop over time but it now sits in a Unity mount with no issues
So I bought PSAs optic and I absolutely hate it. I was hoping for a magnifier that I could just flip without having to worry about the eyebox needing my head to be exactly in a specific spot. Anybody know of any large eyebox magnifiers? I used an LVPO and it was amazing. No guessing just point and shoot
Need to do a test of all magnifiers for 2023 Q4. I have a Eotech Xps2-2 on a unity riser on a x95. What should I pair it with. Mount will be a Unity FTC
Short answer-Depends. It can, but it’s no guarantee. It usually works out well for me and my astigmatism, but I’ve heard others complain it gets worse.
If you’re running an EOTech then it’s much less of a problem. I’ve tried Aimpoints and the MRO through magnifiers and always looked like clusters of dots to me. I now actually run the Trijicon 3x with an EOTech and love it.
Yeah, it depends. I have some astigmatism. Eotech dot looks surprisingly good under magnification; usable and not annoying. The dot on my SIG Romeo 5 (great budget dot btw, not hating on It) gets kinda spaghetti-ish under magnification when I stare at it.
Contrary to popular belief, you do have to zero your magnifier. Centering the magnifier initially will get you very close, but you have to fine tune it after. I zero the red dot first at 50 yards and they put the magnifier and zero that.
@kennykrabss I used to run a 512 with the fixed mount 3x magnifier, can not remember what it was called for the life of me, but when I took it off my point of impact changed from where I had the zero on the 512.
I really wish that all these companies would return to the locking ring on the diopter. Really once it's set how many times are you going to change it. All of them wobble. Its crap!!
