AIMPOINT ACRO P-1 Torture Test

[GearFondler]

I do not understand the battery life issue. If they can make T1s and T2s what’s the problem?

They put a weed eater gas tank on a riding lawnmower.

[Xhado]

A test without repeatable, consistent methodology is worthless no matter how long ago it was done, or by whom.

It's all anecdotal information packaged as in an entertaining form.

[Poconnor]

So they didn’t fix the battery life?

[secondstoryguy]

I dropped my pistol from about 4-5 feet onto concrete a few weeks back(it was unloaded and I was moving gear around in my patrol vehicle). The sight was still functional and kept zero but there was a very small piece of debris (gasket material?) inside the front lens. The sight was completely functional and it was my fault that this happened so I decided to sent it back to get the object removed from the lens. It must also be clarified that considering the nature of the abuse that I have subjected the sight to(I have dropped it several times onto concrete and banged it in to a lot of door-frames and other shit) I don't blame the sight.

To say I'm impressed with Aimpoint's customer service would be an understatement. They send me a completely brand new sight via UPS 2-day. I got it about 4-5 days after I sent the old one in, installed it on the gun, and had the gun up/sighted in and ready for duty about 30 minutes after I received it.

As I think I have mentioned in a different post I think that the ACRO mounting system lends itself better to agency/unit wide issue as sights can be quickly/easily removed and replaced. The mounting plate also fills the MOS slot nicely so even with the ACRO removed the gun looks and functions as normal. With this and the easily replaceable battery the ACRO would be one of my first choices if I was going to issue a red dot on a pistol.

We shall see if the battery lasts longer than my first gen ACRO....

[Erick Gelhaus]

So they didn’t fix the battery life?

It starts with a size issue. As I understand it, to keep the optic within a certain size they had to use a smaller battery than the 2032. Reduced size all across the board results in a reduced capacity.

There have been improvements in both LED construction and wiring that seems to have had a positive impact on battery life. Longer than what it started with but not T1 lengths.