Originally Posted by
ssb
So last weekend I noticed during dry fire that my 508T reticle was flashing. Consulting the manual, that is a low battery indicator. This was unexpected -- I installed a Duracell CR2032 in early November and the manufacturer claims 100,000 hours on setting 6. Mine tended to live on settings 10-11 with the 2MOA dot, but this was also my practice gun and thus the shake awake feature (which I know works -- I checked) should have kept the optic off for the overwhelming majority of the time. Nevertheless, OK, whatever, I changed the battery -- four months isn't terrible. Yesterday, six days after the battery change, the dot began flashing at the range -- once again, low battery. I again used a Duracell CR2032, but from a different lot on last week's battery change.
My suspicion is that somewhere along the way the optic developed some sort of battery drain issue. I *think* I've filed a warranty request with the manufacturer, but their website leaves something to be desired and no confirmation e-mail resulted. I may follow up with a phone call this week.
It has not been my week with RDS optics.