Best for astigmatism

[TearlessTom]

You are correct an Etched recital will give you the least amount of distortion. This is largely because the light is being projected away from your eye rather than toward it. Holosun has a reputation of having better glass when it comes to distortion and astigmatism. Green is normally better for most people than Red. And turning the brightness down for me always helps to decrease the flares.

I recently had cataract surgery which helped with my astigmatism. It didn't fix it completely but it did help. Now I have to take my reading glasses off to not get the light flares.

[Erick Gelhaus]

I have two astigmatisms. Yes, they keep me from seeing a "perfect" dot in most cases. However, I'm not focusing or fixating on the dot. When I look at Aimpoint T1/T2/etc., I see two semi-colons on their sides. When I look at Acros or similar dots, I see a flaming grenade or bowling ball.

The Holosun multiple reticles let me use the open circle; it's probably the most consistent. Steiner's MPS is likely the cleanest single dot for my eyes. Apex Tactical makes a revolver mount for the Acro footprint, hence the Steiner recommendation.

Vortex has put this out:

[TearlessTom]

I have two astigmatisms. Yes, they keep me from seeing a "perfect" dot in most cases. However, I'm not focusing or fixating on the dot. When I look at Aimpoint T1/T2/etc., I see two semi-colons on their sides. When I look at Acros or similar dots, I see a flaming grenade or bowling ball.

The Holosun multiple reticles let me use the open circle; it's probably the most consistent. Steiner's MPS is likely the cleanest single dot for my eyes. Apex Tactical makes a revolver mount for the Acro footprint, hence the Steiner recommendation.

Vortex has put this out:

I get the 2nd variations, it looks like the Windows busy wheel. The Circle Dot works well for me. And the Circle with Hash marks at 12,3,6,&9 and center dot work the best although it can be a bit busy.

[Rex G]

Subscribed. Astigmatism is my nemesis, with most dot sights. Corrected or uncorrected. The Trijicon green triangle worked well, in my case, but only in appropriate lighting conditions; not best for general handgun use. The ACRO seems to be the best of the pistol-sized red dots that I have tried, but, during the Panic-Demic supply crunch, I gave up on finding those very special batteries that the P-1 requires, so, I shelved the whole idea of dotted guns, mothballing my milled G45 upper, with its ACRO P-1. Only recently have I resurrected this red dot pistol thing, and see that Amazon now has Renata batteries available.

[Simong]

I'm dealing with Astigmatism since I can remember myself, anyway I recently discover something interesting that works perfect for ME.
I purchased the EPS carry 6.0-MOA, turning the intensity of the dot down to #2-3 brightness setting I can actually see a perfect ROUND dot.
YMMV

Good luck

Simong.

[JHC]

I know its been discussed before, but tech improves Im interested in what is the current best red dot is for astigmatism.
I assume Ill need a small dot as Ill be shooting for groups.
Its going on a revolver so I assume picatinny I havent looked into that part yet.
I strongly prefer an American company.
I know I saw this discussed but now I cant find it.
I know @HCM seemed to be up to date.

I'm told my astigmatism is mild but in any case, it renders every product I've looked through from Aimpoint awful and un-usable to me. Like the Comp M4 on a carbine dot looking like a 12 MOA banana at 100. My son's Micro, same deal.

But I've got two Holosuns, a 407CO and an EPS and they're crisp and wonderful.

[Simong]

I'm dealing with Astigmatism since I can remember myself, anyway I recently discover something interesting that works perfect for ME.
I purchased the EPS carry 6.0-MOA, turning the intensity of the dot down to #2-3 brightness setting I can actually see a perfect ROUND dot.
YMMV

Good luck

Simong.

BTW, I get the same results with my Trijicon SRO 5.0 MOA dialed down to #2-3 brightness setting = PERFECT round dot.

[DDTSGM]

I think it is key to remember that astigmatism is different for everyone. Aside from the advice that etched reticle optics almost universally eliminate distortions, there is no absolute advice.

In my case I need to run the dot fairly low based on lighting conditions, and green works better than red. The trade off, for me anyways, is speed of acquiring the dimmer dot.

When I'm less interested in hitting a 4 inch bull at 25 or 50 yards, I can dial up the dot and generally get the job done under tighter time constraints.

Big dots also work better, but aren't as precise. A 6moa dot at 50 yards is 3 inches on a four-inch bull, given my 'shakes' that's too slow.

That's just me, YMMV.

[Simong]

I think it is key to remember that astigmatism is different for everyone. Aside from the advice that etched reticle optics almost universally eliminate distortions, there is no absolute advice.

In my case I need to run the dot fairly low based on lighting conditions, and green works better than red. The trade off, for me anyways, is speed of acquiring the dimmer dot.

When I'm less interested in hitting a 4 inch bull at 25 or 50 yards, I can dial up the dot and generally get the job done under tighter time constraints.

Big dots also work better, but aren't as precise. A 6moa dot at 50 yards is 3 inches on a four-inch bull, given my 'shakes' that's too slow.

That's just me, YMMV.

Yes agreed Astigmatism can be different for everyone.

Red works better for ME & I really like the Green color dot, but for me it starburst, unless I use a magnifier (on rifle) & I can see good round dot.

Regarding speed I'm TARGET focused & not dot focused so setting the RDS on lower brightens helps ME more with being target focused.

Big dots 5.0 & 6.0 for ME are ONLY for handguns use, on my rifles I got 2.0 MOA dots on lower brightness setting and it works very good for me.
Just took a Sig academy mid-range carbine course last week and I learned how to be able to get good combat hits to 300 yards with just a Red dot,
yes obviously with a 3x magnifier it's easier to hit at long range.

Simong.