One thing not touched on your review: this uses mini-ACOG mount footprint. So QD do exist. This looks like it would go GREAT on a PS90 with TROS acog mount. Way better than MRO and its parallax shift.

Fantastic review: so much better than the typical video that spends 15 minutes looking at a disembodied set of hands holding the product and the box. This video is exactly what we actually want to see: the rest we can get from the spec sheets / mfr docs.

what I gathered from this is that you make really good optics reviews while living in a storage locker, well played sir

Hands down the best scope reviews online.

Thank you for the awesome content. Went over and signed up on patreon because we need so much more of this style of review for optics!

Thank you. Awesome and much needed surprise at the end. I have both the 512 and and the AEMS in hand and wasn't happy with the block looks of them on my ar9. Curves and functionality are married with this SLX. Thanks again.

I've never seen your videos before but you earned a subscription. You had excellent demonstrations of the capabilities of the review item in the conditions people are interested in: super bright and dark. You demonstrated distortion and clarity. Fantastic. You could do a better job demonstrating the sight in action by shooting. I really had to try to find something you didn't do in the video. You answered every question I had and gave all the relevant information. I hope your channel expands rapidly.

Great review, thanks so much! I have the 3x, mounted on a Steyr AUG. Love it on that platform. I need to get a 1x now for some of my SBRs.

Your review was a pleasure to watch. Well done!

Great review. I love that I can get a good idea of how big the reticle is when you don't have the option of looking at one in person.

Fine video. Thank you for your work on this. The 3x is a terrific piece as well.

Great review! This optic is beautiful. Thank you C_Does for what you do. The reviews you do are not being praised enough. You are a treasure to the pew pew community and we appreciate the time and effort that you put into all these videos. Thank you.

Primary Arms knocked this one out of the park! If I was in the market for an ACOG like optic, this would fit the bill! Good bang for your buck! Affordable, good clarity, lightweight, bright enough, good for ppl with astigmatism, diopter adjuster. Love PA

LOL! I was getting a little worried. Thinking we were about to get the full Monty! Great review as always. thank you for doing these. On your recommendation I bought the P/A 1-8x24 C and couldn't be happier for it. A simply great optic.

This is the best optic review I’ve ever seen. Thank you

Fixed my Astigmatism without a Dr visit...priceless! I have the Vortes 1x Prism and its amazing especially for offering green and red options in 1 pkg. Glass is amazing, I had to get 2 for my home defense setups.

This was an excellent review, very well done 👏🏻

This is the exact optic I got, from the last batch they had in stock. Having astigmatism, the issues discussed with red dots has been my exact experience. You're right, all issues of bloom and starbursting are gone. I'm very happy, and kind of wish I had gotten the 3x option, but that'll be the next purchase.

I have the 1x microprism with green reticle and it is amazing! Best part about it is if the battery dies or you get wash out from snow glare or your white light, you just shut it off and the etched reticle is perfect. Fun to shoot semi auto 12 gauge with the outer ring too @25 yards and then be able to dial it in for slugs

I really liked your review. Thank you

As far as eye relief goes: I can hold this thing out at full arms length like a pistol and still manage to see the reticle and target. It's not as easy as a red dot at that length, but it's possible. I think that's just incredible.

Amazing review as usual

Just want you to know how much of a hero you are. The best channel onKZfaq!

Thanks for this review.

Dude thank you for showing what it REALLY looks like.

Thanks for these reviews, saves me so much money lol. Usually have to buy one to get a good feeling of eye relief etc.

Best optics reviewer on KZfaq! Not just planted behind a desk yapping while holding the optic… 👍🏻👍🏻

Just bought my first red dot the other day. A budget one from Sig, the Romeo 5. Got the battery in it and put it up to my eye to discover that apparently I have the beginning of astigmatism. Even the lowest setting has a bit of a star effect. SO. I've had this 1x prism in mind for several years, looks like it is next on the optics list. Glad I saw one of your reviews on the subject, such a review helped me decide on the Sig Tango MSR 1-6x as well.

Well done video-high quality! Subbed✅

I have this same setup with their Prizm 3X magnifier on my ECP 9mm and absolutely love it you are right Primary Arms knocked it out of the park, talk about making your gun light and quick pointing WOW! And it's just cool looking on top of being great!

You have the best optic reviews on youtube

Really glad you mentioned the eye relief- was concerned I’d have to mount it on the charging handle.

I noticed with some red dots or with the illumination on, sometimes the reticle is flushed out, maybe it's just the camera and maybe not. But when you turn the illumination off, with a light you still see the reticle. That's fantastic. Also, fantastic detail in the video.

Nice review. I’m not an AK guy but boy this thing seems like a perfect match for one.

I just purchased this optic for non standard A.R. Pew Pew usage. It will be mounted on a Ruger M44 carbine. I will be testing it out on wild pigs here soon in CA then on whitetails in Kentucky this Nov.

great video as always, nowadays if I see you post, or SuperSetCA, i'm immediately in to watch it. Different styles/production ;) but I think you're providing solid value/review and discussion. Keep it up

Very helpful, thanks

Been waiting on this video. I bought two (already have two original cyclops) and I was blown away by the improvements. I'm not sure how they pulled this off with the eye box, eye relief and this clarity of Chinese glass at this price point. I'm using it with an ADM B5 mount on a 13.7 KP15 build right now and it is a ridiculously handy rifle.

The red illuminated models are also quite good, perhaps a bit better if you're outdoors in a wooded , lush environment. I have 3 in red. Nonetheless, I would prefer green illumination. However, the only way to get that is with the black outer shell and my last 2 units have been in FDE to match the rifles they're on. I wish PA offered a service where you could send them in for an illumination color change. I have a couple Holosuns - an EPS Carry in green MRS and a 507 in Green MRS, which is how I know I'd like a green micro prism. They're a bit easier on the eyes than red. I'll probably get a green illuminated SLX 1X for an all black BRN-180 build recently completed. Good review - thanks.

Awesome review, thanks for the in-depth explanation. Which of these do you prefer between the Primary Arms, the Holosun 512 and the AEMS? I'm gonna be running a 3x magnifier behind whichever one I get

You have the best review of this sight. The part I like most is you put your camera on user's eye perspective. I was looking to see the limitation of the eye relief since the spec doesn't say unlimited like red dot. But now I know that I don't have to worry about it. You did a really good review! Thank you.

I really want the 3x. I'm really diggin these pa microprizms

This is what I’ve been waiting on Trijicon to make for years. When they started their LED ACOG models, I was sure they would make an LED 1.5x model…and now I don’t think they’ll ever get to it. I wish primary arms would come out with a $5-600 version with better glass quality. I’d upgrade in a heartbeat. With that being said, this is the optic on my MCX currently and I’m having trouble finding faults with it.

I have two of the gen 1 Cyclops that live on shotguns. Getting 3 of the Gen 2 micro prisms with the 9 mm reticle for my PC carbines. Will probably invest in more of them since nobody else is given love to astigmatism these days

loving the fps as always.

I have the red model, it works just as well IMO. I’ve wanted an Eotech 512 for the longest time, but having to choose which of the 4 reticles to use is frustrating, (Astigmatism)… Prism optics and LPVO’s are my only choices… love the Primary SLx1….

I have the 3x version and love it

i still keep a red dot on my edc, but a microprism like this is going on my ar. it'll help a lot with astigmatism.

This is my favorite 1x optic. I've got 4 of them. I replaced all but one of my red dots with them. Just waiting for my 3x to show up in June. Nice review.

Are you able to use the ranging feature if you have a front sight post? Or does the fsp block it? Do you have to use a 1/3 co witness mount?

I put one on my a2 carry handle with the acog screw set.. it shoots awesome..

Another great vid! I have 3 of these so I obviously love them for the features you point out. I will offer a few points of feedback on them. The first is the illumination knob…across all three of mine they are very hard to turn (hardest by far of any of my optics) and two of them have a condition where the detents don’t line up with the numbers. The other bit of feedback is on the reticle and aiming at hold over distances. You might think that the bottom of the reticle “horseshoe” works like a CQB sight…just put the bottom of the outer ring on the target and that’s your hold over. It does, in a way, but if you use it that way your horizontal accuracy is going to suffer because the gap in the horseshoe is so wide. You’ll hit the target but you aren’t going to hit a 3x5 card consistently under stress. I’m still experimenting with close in shooting with this and go back and forth between using the bottom of the outer ring and just using the center dot as a holdover. I think this is one area where they could improve the reticle. Other than that I love this little optic.

I have the red One for about 8-9months now and it is brighter than the green. I live in the Houston area so I’m able to go by primary arms and look through their optics before I buy. And yes they’re microprism and there 2x gold line Are both really really great optics and I really like both

I've been Vortex 1x prisim user since beginning. Gave this prisim a go & I'm hooked. Some give it hard time due to lack of 0.5 MOA adjustment , I have no problem with it thanks to its very sharp chevron reticle which improves accuracy. 1" group @ 100 yards is ok with me.

Hey man i gotta question. Which one would you rather buy and put on your rifle? The primary arms 1x6 sfp or the micro prism. The reason i ask is because i want to buy the micro prism but i cant justify it knowing that i could get a decent lpvo for the same amount of money.

I've also had issues with the reticle not turning on when it should due to the battery compartment. Grabbing a coin, flat head, etc and cranking down on it solves the problem.

Is there a particular 3X magnifier you'd recommend to pair with this, taking into consideration eye relief, including mounting options(QD/flip mount)? I'm considering the PA slx 3X magnifier, Vortex 3X Micro and the Holosun HM3X. Anything you push me towards or anything else you'd consider?

@C_Does any thoughts on doing a review & comparison of the PA 1x microprism & the new Swampfox Raider 1x microprism?

It’s as close to a red dot as a person with Astigmatism can get, great eye relief and about the same size as a red dot..I have a few of these.

Any chance of a review of the Pegasus and full size magnifiers from PA? I'd love to see more info on them, especially the full size. Their adverts don't really explain why you'd want it over the LER.

If you like the 1x, you may very much enjoy the 3x as well. I managed to snag a 3x, and it's a fantastic little prism. Better eye relief than a TA31 acog, better field of view than the TA33 (and 31), and weighs less than both. 9.5 oz with the high cantilever and an ADM qd mini acog mount. The adjustable diopter and daylight bright illumination makes it more usable for myself compared to an acog. My diopter wasn't super stiff. Same complaint about the illumination dial though.

Is this better then a regular red dot shooting out to 150 yards without magnifier? Which would be better at that range?

I love mine. My only complaint that you didn't cover is that by using the mini ACOG mount pattern they really limited your options. I kind of wish they went with the T2 pattern like Vortex did with their new prism sights.

Earned a sub. Good review and fair. About the first I've seen to talk about the front view. It is visible just don't point at their faces.

i dont even have astigmatism, i just want that etched reticle and ranging feature. Its simplicity is a plus for me.

I bought green also, never tried, hope I made the right choice, just shipped yesterday

Good shit 👍🏽 I want to see content of the weapon lights in a fake scenario in a house. People just talk all day, so I really appreciate you showing us this 👍🏽💯 I have a question im new to this, so im trying to decide whats good for home defense or shit hits the fan outside with no police ! So which one do you prefer with those scenarios ? The primary arms SLx 1x MicroPrism or HoloSun 512C (Gold) ??!

Concerning the reticle: there are products on the market designed to thread into the objective lens end that should reduce or remove target's ability to see your illuminated reticle at distance. As far as the reticle design goes: I'm only minority disappointed that this reticle doesn't have subtensions like the holosun ACSS red dot does for shots out to 600 yards assuming you're using 5.56. That being said I can see why they might have forgone this on 1x (it can get cluttered) and despite the lack of the subtensions you can still use the bottom edges of the Chevron and ring for holdovers past 400 yards (with 5.56 according to Strelok). Windage would have been nice like on the 3x micro prism, but oh well. I only mention these holdovers since this optic can be used with a magnifier.

Hi C! I am new to this and am wondering if I should go with this or the Holosun 512 Gold Dot for my build (Can get it for $311). I do not have astigmatism or any eye problems, but this optic looks cleaner than the Holosun. . . suggestions for a newb? Thanks bro!

Excelent revirw, bought mine yesterday, and there is no information about the time of the auto shut of. Now I know its two minutes👍

I just ordered one for my MPX for USPSA and 2 gun. Tried several high end red dots, but they still cause issues with my old eyes. I am hoping this will be the solution.

This video is what made me buy the PA 1x microprism almost a full year later.

I wish it had a BDC reticle for when it's magnified. That would be beautiful. I know the bottom of the chevron works as a 400 yard BDC though.

so from your point of view this PA 1x is more preferable than both holosun you've mentioned in the end ?

I wish it had a standard mount pattern or ability to get to 2.25 so you can run a unity mag mount.

first video i seen someone showcasing the green reticle... daddy like. my eyes pick up and distort green much less than red

The one thing keeping me from purchasing this is the 1 MOA adjustments. If it was 1/2 adjustment, I'd buy it.

Do you think you could use this on a hunting revolver? I have a 6.5" 629 that i want to put an optic on for deer hunting but i have bad astigmatism

What would be a good quick release mount for this? Any recommendations?

Mine has a strange magnification, kinda like it makes objects slightly smaller/further away....not sure if this is normal?

Can you cowitness with pop-up iron sights, like magpul mbus?

Get your hands on the 3X next. Having used ACOG’s and other prisms, it’s far and away my favorite. I was even more impressed with it than I was my 1X.

i love how with no battery its still very useful also i suffer from astigmatism

If you do a review of the new Primary Arms 3x MicroMagnifier w/ the Pegasus ranging reticle, could you please do it with this optic. Curious to see how the two reticles line up or if they overlap. Trying to decide for a first setup and the two have my eye for a July 4th sale. Really enjoying your reviews, best on YT. Thank you

Any chance you'll review the SLx 3x now?

I just snagged a blem FDE one for $175 from Primary Arms. So anyome watching right now go get one!

Do you think you could do a review on the 3x version any time soon?

I purchased the SLx 1x based on this review. It might be a good product overall, but the reticle is far too small and I returned it. I then purchased the Spitfire AR and loved it. It has a much better reticle and comparable build quality and features at a lower price point.

Did you have to buy a specific mount to get the magnifier to line up properly? Edit: I have just now convinced myself that you are the brother of Lockpicking Lawyer

Does it require a different mount or riser to magnify it?

I really want to know if a 1x microprism with a magnifier in front of it or behind it is a good way to run an alternative to a red dot with a magnifier. Is it compromised magnification? Yes. Is it still very usable. Yes. Please someone let me know.

What would you say is better the red or the green or is it just personal preference?

I can't find the kill flash for mine .. but they have one.

They put the battery compartment on the left, that’s a dealbreaker

Hard to pick red or green, which do you prefer?

Please do the 3x micro by PA.

Really good video. Like you dint even show ur face just the product beautiful

i jsut wish they would make it so you can switch to red OR green. they both do well in their own circumstances but why can't we have the option to have either or?

So are you saying you like this optic? Lol, great video as always.

There is ARD to prevent frontal reflection.