Red vs Green Reticle - When and Why?

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Red vs Green Reticle - When and Why?

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Күн бұрын

Red vs. green, that is the question! In this video JB goes over the benefits of a green reticle and why you may want to consider buying one...or three. Long story short, green is easier to see and can help if you are color blind or have certain astigmatism.
Learn more our green reticle options here: www.eotechinc.com/eotech-hws-exps2-green
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@prowalmart3437 5 ай бұрын

On this weeks edition of things I don’t need but want

@eotechinc 5 ай бұрын

BUY....BUY IT!! LOL

@jimhovater8755 5 ай бұрын

At 62 years of age, my eyes pick up green AND blue reticles much better than red reticles.

@embracethesuck1041 5 ай бұрын

The flanel shirt for a Red Green discussion. Nice, subtle nod.

@zendell37 5 ай бұрын

Through thick glasses green shifts less AND it shifts in the direction your head is turning. Red shifts twice as much and in the opposite direction. If you are a glasses wearer, look at a gas station sign with green and red pricing and turn your head as your eyes stay focused between them. You'll see the shift. It's important to consider when picking up a dot sight like this.

@14arma 5 ай бұрын

I have no color deficiency, but I have been asking for green sense 2007 in Iraq. If you like red, stick with red, but having this option is a lot cooler and I'm certain will increase sales.

@ForgottenRebel77 5 ай бұрын

i have the green but was bummed to discover you dont make a green one thats NV compatible.

@pablo4yu 5 ай бұрын

Ikr

@CalzaTheFox 5 ай бұрын

Red is usually more consistent and doesn't wash out as easily, green is usually brighter and easier to pick up but it can wash out in certain scenes.

@Wolfgang320050 5 ай бұрын

I love my EoTech EXPS with the Green Reticle!

@eotechinc 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@azizvelachavez312 5 ай бұрын

@@eotechinc EXPS 3-1 in green !!… pls .. 🤙🏻

@HWG-wm8ld 5 ай бұрын

Go take a selfie

@InvidiousIgnoramus 5 ай бұрын

A better question is why don't you guys offer other reticle options when you have literally limitless possibilities with holographic emitters. And personally, I would like to see an amber/gold reticle.

@eotechinc 5 ай бұрын

True! We just might have some new things in the works 🤫

@oldandbankrupt 2 ай бұрын

@@eotechinc If you are serious... please ditch the big 68 moa circle and provide a chevron reticle with 1 moa bullet drop dots under the chevron. Chevrons snap onto targets very quickly and the 1 moa dots below the chevron would work perfectly with a magnifier for distance shots. Also... please match the 1 moa bullet drop dots below the chevron with a 14.5 inch barrel and 62 grain 5.56 projectiles. This reticle would be a huge win for EOTECH! K Thanks!

@ShooterMcGottem 5 ай бұрын

The green pops for bright desert shooting. I just wish there was a solar backup option or shake awake feature.

@charmingmander331 5 ай бұрын

Gimmicks. Carry spare batteries in your grip.

@ShooterMcGottem 5 ай бұрын

@@charmingmander331 it's not a gimmick if it actually extends your battery life and prevents you from having to change it or from keeping your optic on at all times.

@HWG-wm8ld 5 ай бұрын

My battery last just over a year, no problem with that. Stop complaining and use something else if this doesn’t work for your situation.

@ShooterMcGottem 5 ай бұрын

@HWG-wm8ld and their competition lasts 5 years... so what's the problem with wanting innovation from your preferred optic company? They are only positive things I don't know why you would be happy with less performance. I have multiple brands of optics because there is no such thing as one size fits all.

@matthewconnor5483 5 ай бұрын

The shake awake feature on other optics is so nice. Pick up your rifle and the dot is on.

@Vester1one 5 ай бұрын

My opinion - I have both for pistol and rifles. And honestly I think it doesn’t matter. Green looks “cooler” to me but I notice no performance difference and I just adjust my brightness depending on the day. With that said I do carry a red dot, but I think they are a negligible difference tbh.

@DokutahNiko 5 ай бұрын

Not me watching this video to justify changing my reticle color in Rainbow 6 Siege lol

@ElTubeo1515 5 ай бұрын

Especially if you're a cop and you expect to be using your optic around traffic, where red colored lights are all over the place on all the cars but green colored lights are only up on the traffic light.

@WalterRitchey Ай бұрын

Definitely a place for each. Cool that they're offering it. My OCD would prefer all my reticles illuminate the same color and I have too many scopes, acogs, eotechs, etc. to replace them all haha. But maybe one day. Guys at my gun shop were talking about how their aging eyes favor green illumination now, so over time, things can change. Some of it just comes down to preference.

@shaitech7 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, you'll have to decide somehow. Maybe you could go to a range where you could try either one.

@richardharris5819 5 ай бұрын

Wow, This information was disappointing... I was hoping for so much more technical wisdom from EOTECH... Maybe next time?

@wthlaw 5 ай бұрын

They arent going to dig any deeper than needed. If you want yo learn more find the information yourself m0ron.

@ElTubeo1515 5 ай бұрын

Another reason for green vs red is if you really expect to be around traffic, and cars are covered in red colored lights but not green. But red is still worth keeping around because it contrasts with other common colors well.

@richardharris5819 5 ай бұрын

@@ElTubeo1515 Greens are perceived more readily than any other color because of the combined color perception of rods and cones -- read below: "A range of wavelengths of light stimulates each of these receptor types to varying degrees. But this all goes out the window when using Gen 3 night vision and that's why you will only see it used in the civilian market. Hence, EOTECH's lack of effort to explain this as they don't want to lose sales to the civilian market.

@FireCampSecurity 5 ай бұрын

@richardharris5819 rods don't sense color, they're used when light is low. Cones sense color. And they perceive red, blue, and green light with adequate lighting. Just FYI.

@richardharris5819 5 ай бұрын

@@FireCampSecurity Yes, Thanks for the correction, Cones are concentrated in the middle of the retina, with fewer on the periphery. Six million cones in each eye transmit the higher levels of light intensity that create the sensation of color and visual sharpness. There are three types of cone-shaped cells, each sensitive to the long, medium or short wavelengths of light. These cells, working in combination with connecting nerve cells, give the brain enough information to interpret and name colors. Hopefully that is more information:)

@codys4863 5 күн бұрын

For precise shooting red works better for me with a 2 moa dot mostly because it’s not as bright. Much quicker pickup with green 32 moa circle with 3 moa dot, that’s the ideal for me even in the green northwest.

@impulse1914 5 ай бұрын

Unless you live in Utah or Arizona where the environment is mostly red, getting a green reticle isn't ideal. Having a red reticle makes the most sense if you live in an environment that has grass and trees which is where most people live.

@HWG-wm8ld 5 ай бұрын

I’m not aiming at trees and grass.

@andrewkeeton3627 5 ай бұрын

So this isn’t true at all. It’s about your eyes, not the background. I live in Colorado, with green everywhere and I prefer a green reticle

@impulse1914 5 ай бұрын

@@andrewkeeton3627 yeah that's true but it's a real thing that if you place a red dot over a red background or target, the dot blends in and will be washed out. Our brains are also subconsciously attracted to red just like "danger" labels and stop signs and red traffic lights.

@ForgottenRebel77 5 ай бұрын

i have a green one and live in socal. ain't no way im mistaking any other green for that bright-ass green donut.

@modavaux 5 ай бұрын

Totally not true.. I can’t see red very well at all.. but the green is bright and sharp.

@andrewkeeton3627 5 ай бұрын

Green is always gonna be a brighter, crisper reticle/dot than red “for me”

@Chefjbf 5 ай бұрын

But the battery 🔋 life from the green😬 or lack their of

@HWG-wm8ld 5 ай бұрын

You fill your truck up once a week with fuel. Change your batteries as needed.

@McJiver 5 ай бұрын

Eotech is going to be the dinosaur of holographic sights if they arent already. I was hugely mistaken to buy one not knowing its just an overpriced red dot. Hollosun and Sig now offer a world of difference for not much more.

@TheHashtagSquad2K15 5 ай бұрын

The most comparable sig options are around high $500 and above. It’s not just an “overpriced red dot”. Holographic sights work entirely differently, they’re easier to use when magnified, have less parallax and most importantly don’t immediately go down if the glass breaks unlike a red dot which will. There are Eotechs that have taken a round through the glass that still project a usable reticle.

@pablo4yu 5 ай бұрын

Ikr lol trash battery life… if u want a circle ⭕️ dot reticle the sig romeo 4t or romeo 8t and if ur poor… sig romeo 5

@pablo4yu 5 ай бұрын

@@TheHashtagSquad2K15no sig romeo 5 is 200 bucks and just as tanky as the eotech… biggest concern is 15k battery life just does not cut it

@InvidiousIgnoramus 5 ай бұрын

@@pablo4yuI mean, that's literally 10x an Eotech.

@TheHashtagSquad2K15 5 ай бұрын

@@pablo4yu the sig Romeo 5 is not on the same level as the eotech at all especially in terms of durability. Is it a good budget option? Sure. But you can also get the 5XX series Eotechs for an extra hundred dollars.

@carldouglasmiles5594 5 ай бұрын

Make some FDE EXPS3 with green reticle and I’ll buy one.

@professorbland 5 ай бұрын

red dot, green laser makes the most sense. Maybe at some point we will get an ai with a camera to ensure that the reticle is always the color most visible based on the background

@irafowlerjr.7492 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful, thanks

@popo_53 5 ай бұрын

Santa Claus called. He said yall need to stop nit pickin.

@stephanarizona9094 5 ай бұрын

I have tried both and prefer red, I dislike how the whole industry is moving to green, especially lasers, its nearly impossible to find red lasers.

@Briathos1 5 ай бұрын

I hear ya but as one with an astigmatism the green is perfectly crisp as opposed starburst red.

@siruname6122 5 ай бұрын

for red/green dot sight yeah it doesn matter much. but green lasers are much better. at night both work but green is much much brighter for lasers so you can sometimes make out green lasers even during that day or dawn/dusk.

@pablo4yu 5 ай бұрын

Na fam i need green

@insaneclown158 5 ай бұрын

I wishing you guys would make an od or ranger green body with green radical and equipped with the NV button. That's my dream opitc for one of my builds or NV ready 300 back out optic

@davejones7524 4 ай бұрын

Any chance we see a green dot on the EOTECH HWS 512™

@ronaldprovencher7570 9 күн бұрын

Astigmatism Green is better ..

@calangel 3 күн бұрын

Not my astigmatism

@alphahoss1947 5 ай бұрын

if possible why not make them where you can switch between both colors 🤷‍♂️.

@eotechinc 5 ай бұрын

Great question, unlike LEG, where changing color is easy, a laser get's its color from the material used in the laser projection, thus we would need a way to switch material or have two lasers in the optic, and thats not a cost effective thing to do.

@azizvelachavez312 5 ай бұрын

@@eotechinchow about a single dot green reticle ? … when ?

@kilo0151 5 ай бұрын

I transitioned to green many years ago when it first started becoming popular and never liked it. I noticed that the green washes out much faster under the sun when it’s bright and it definitely blends a little more with the environment at distance. Plus red just pops more. It’s such an unnatural color and we are also programmed to catch it since anything red is usually a “stop” or “caution” notice. I personally think it’s a gimmick but who knows, there might be some people out there that are color blind that may find it better to use.

@MongooseReflexes 5 ай бұрын

How about you update your holographic sights instead? You guys haven't made a single meaningful design/performance upgrade to your optics in well over a decade. And all you really did was go from AA to CR123! You are way too comfortable, and your competition is surpassing you, innovate or die.

@eotechinc 5 ай бұрын

Rest assured we understand the importance of innovation. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of technology to deliver the best possible performance in our products. There is a reason the market is small on true holographic sights 😉

@armorers_wrench 5 ай бұрын

Bro what do you want them to do? Do you know anything about holographics? They're essentially limited by the laws of physics. Basically the only thing they could do is use a different battery.

@jaxturner7288 5 ай бұрын

@@armorers_wrenchthey could add a shake to wake feature or solar charging capability. Or they could offer cheaper models after selling the same overpriced stuff for so many years now.

@HWG-wm8ld 5 ай бұрын

We don’t want shake awake and solar crap. Go with holosun if this isn’t good enough for someone that keeps their gun in a safe 99.9% of the year.

@MylesKillis 5 ай бұрын

@@jaxturner7288if you think it’s overpriced it’s cause you don’t value what the offer and should get something else

@HammerheadClassCruiser 5 ай бұрын

now it's time for blue and yellow reticles

@user-im9ov9ud7m 5 ай бұрын

Pretty.....

@fgutie35 5 ай бұрын

Why is it that usually the overpriced products are always lagging behind the cheap Chinese products when it comes to new technology? Chinese products has had the green options since a long time ago. Now they have multi-color reticles for your preference. 10 years from now, Eotech is going to introduce their new line of products with multi-color reticles like is the latest and greatest! 🤣

@user-im9ov9ud7m 5 ай бұрын

You like colors.!

@ryancrandell6576 5 ай бұрын

just need shake awake

@thirteen12 5 ай бұрын

ya'lls got them shakeywakes?

@gentrydebbie1040 5 ай бұрын

I See Green much More easy i am going all Green . Only took one Green with Dot & Circle I am Hooked .Shotgun .

@coach- 5 ай бұрын

Stop doing the weird off-center camera angle where we watch them talk to the camera instead of us that you do in every video. It breaks user engagement and is just weird.

@mikeb.2925 5 ай бұрын

I still prefer the single 1 moa dot over the circle dot reticle. I just find the circle busy and unnecessary.

@chrislo2731 4 ай бұрын

Well you probably got good eyes , the dot with circle reticle is much easier on eyes with astigmatism like I have.

@Devin7Eleven 3 ай бұрын

The circle I find helps with speed

@user-nk8ww9ce9k 5 ай бұрын

looks the same under nods.

@martinp1544 5 ай бұрын

green for use w/ NVGs.....

@FieldopsOfAA 5 ай бұрын

Actually the majority of green reticle dots have a coating that blocks green light (in order to reflect the reticle) so green phosphor nvgs have a hard time getting light transmission through the lens. I’m sure it’s a case by case basis and might not affect white phosphor as much but the Holosun EPS carry green dot on CDOES channel showed poor light transmission compared to red for that reason.

@Devin7Eleven 3 ай бұрын

Majority of civilians don’t have NVG

@FieldopsOfAA 3 ай бұрын

@@Devin7Eleven While true, the ownership of NVG is rapidly increasing. It will never become majority but the desire for information will still be there for people in this interest group.

@DarkShadow12443 Ай бұрын

Nice Eotech but I don’t like how you will pay 600$ each Eotech Holographic sight for red and green I so I rather get one red dot sight that can color change because Eotech doesn’t have that.

@rzrpwr 19 күн бұрын

I don’t think you can change colors in holo sights. Because how it’s projecting a holographic image. But if I’m wrong I’m happy to see contrary examples.

@pyeitme508 5 ай бұрын

No wonder 🤔

@SINBREAKER24 28 күн бұрын

night capable version when?

@homelessman3483 12 күн бұрын

What you mean? Eo tech is already great for passive aiming through nods

@gabrieldiaz8539 3 ай бұрын

I disagree, though some may see green better, red color wave travel farther out therefore should be easier to see. Have you ever wonder why you have red lights when you hit the break? That’s why.

@Kh2456 3 ай бұрын

Yea I pick up red much easier/quicker than green.

@0x80O0oOverfl0w Ай бұрын

How far away from your Eotech are you standing? I don't think the wavelength of red vs green light really makes a different at gun optic distances. You're absolutely correct about red stop lights, but I don't think your average person is using a red dot that's 1/2 mile away.

@maw1186 25 күн бұрын

Also because we determined Red means "stop" and Green means "go" 😅

@typ8723 18 күн бұрын

I heard about how amazing green dots are from people with astigmatism, and I tried one. Changed my world.

@calangel 3 күн бұрын

@@maw1186no, there's a psychology to the colors as well. It isn't simply which color peaks the cones better. Think about why flowers and fruit, the things designed to attract living organisms, are overwhelmingly colored red, orange, yellow, or white. Why fast food places, who are fighting for your attention and money, overwhelmingly use red and yellow as their colors. Finally, emergency colors in both nature (coral snake, black widow, etc) and in society (warning signs and brake/stop lights) are almost always yellow or red. Why is that?