I have had a long time love/hate relationship with the RMR. I love that Trijicon developed the RMR, love that they improved it with the type 2, love the battery life, love the controls, and love how durable it seems relative to other designs. I hate how small the RMR display seems when shooting it.
Some smart PF member made the observation recently, that a reason the RMR display seems small for its stated size, is part of the display is actually obscured by the emitter housing. Making the display seem even smaller is the backup sight integration with the RMR, which is very different than a design like the RMS Shield that is BUIS friendly. The RMR design probably reconciles the long running debate I have with YVK, who insisted that the published window size of the RMR was similar or larger than the Acro, where I insisted the Acro display seemed much larger than the RMR when shooting both.
This morning, I was shooting a CZ P10C with a Type 2 RMR, that I just got back from Primary Machine, and reflecting how much harder it was too shoot than a DP Pro/SRO sized display. That got me looking through the window from the muzzle side, and I took this picture showing how little usable display there is with the RMR, since the BUIS and emitter housing obscure so much of the RMR’s display.
I hope Trijicon figures out to keep the good parts of the RMR, but improves the usable display with the next generation RMR.