Handgun red dot

[leroy]

Bought vortex defender red dot, it is motion activated if it is riding in my truck will every bump turn it on and shorten battery life?

 

[fauxferret]

Depends on the sensitivity of the electronics. I know my holosun SCS will stay on when carried or riding in the truck. Can't really speak for the vortex, although I would reason it would.

 

[leroy]

Depends on the sensitivity of the electronics. I know my holosun SCS will stay on when carried or riding in the truck. Can't really speak for the vortex, although I would reason it would.

How long the battery last?

 

[fauxferret]

How long the battery last?

On my holosun?

 

[Robert28]

I think those have a 9500 hour battery life, and that’s with the dot being activated constantly. Even if yours turned on bumping around sometimes, you’d still a long time out of a battery.

 

[fauxferret]

Yea just change the battery out every year if you're worried and you should be good. Did this with a first gen RMR. The holosun has a battery life of 20,000 hours and its an internal battery so it'll likely outlast me. Being an LED they draw such low amperage that its almost nil.

 

[leroy]

Thanks fellows, just got to get use to it now.

 

[Jester896]

i would think that it would be shorter on the highest setting than the lowest. I couldn't find a battery run time statement on their site. Most of them give you an expected time at a certain setting.
The Holosun 507 is 20,000hrs at the highest setting... roughly 800 days

 

[fauxferret]

i would think that it would be shorter on the highest setting than the lowest. I couldn't find a battery run time statement on their site. Most of them give you an expected time at a certain setting.
The Holosun 507 is 20,000hrs at the highest setting... roughly 800 days

Yea they just list the hours and in the manual I think that’s on the assumption of the lowest setting. 20,000 hours on just the charge. But with the solar and internal battery it seems to top off of ambient light. I especially like the fact I can run it with no plate. And it cowitnesses with my factory irons. Works well on the 19 and 20 for me.