I agree with all of this. I prefer my RDS on a handgun to be as low as possible as long as I can get BUIS that maintain a lower 1/3rd or lower sight picture. It just makes the index more natural for me, and could potentially increase concealment a bit (same optic window but smaller overall footprint). I'm not overly picky between very slight differences like company A vs company B for the same optic/gun combo, but do have stronger preferences to specific platform/optic combos to others. For example, I really prefer my RDS Glocks over the RDS P30 I had.
For rifles, I like tall mounts and am using the Unity Tactical mounts on two guns, and have a Badger 1.7" mount on my precision oriented gun. The 1.7" makes it a lot easier for me to get a good cheek weld, especially when wearing hearing pro.