Primary Arms SLx 1x MicroPrism - Unboxing
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2022
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A huge thank you to Patreon supporter Lars for sending this in for review. Ive been eyeing these out since they first came to market. Now that Ive had my hands on it for some time. I can see what all the fuss is about.
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Doesn't this site have the shake awake feature?
Yes it does! I forgot to mention it here. It will be illustrated in the full review.
@@CDOES do you think the red would have better battery life?
@@brandonrupp5880 red has over 10k LESS hours of battery life
For those curious, there's more than enough eye relief to toss a x3 magnifier behind it on an AR.
Yes there is! Itll be coming soon
I have astigmatism and prisms are a blessing. Plus I like the etched reticle and I dont like having to rely on batteries/electronics alone. I like backup plans, including iron sights
Agree 100%…It’s a win win
I couldnt agree more
Okay then maybe I can ask you this question. I have stigmatism in both eyes because God said ha!! And I'm looking into getting my first reddot sight or prism sight. Is prism really that much better than a red dot if you have stigmatism?
@@TrojanSalesmen1 ran red dots for 20 years in the military…aim points not exactly cheap. Last couple years I got the fuzzy bean shape and it drove me nuts. Tried someone’s prism and it was night and day better. Currently I run a 1X spitfire vortex with no complaints and love that it’s etched if the battery fails
@@TrojanSalesmen1 yes absolutely. I have it in both eyes too. When I look through a prism vs red dot, it's an easy choice for me in my case. I've tried to justify dealing with it and getting a red dot but every one I've looked through either was unusable or was just annoying and distracting, like staring at a supernova. Not ideal while trying to zero or get a clear sight picture in dark environments. Prisms are a Godsend "in my eyes." (No pun, im serious) I've been very impressed with primary arms and I have them mounted on everything from a scorpion micro to an AR. Red dots for handguns are basically a no go,.and I'd rather pracice with irons than deal with contacts or glasses, which may or may not be in or with me when I need to use the gun. So I deal with LPVOs or prisms and have learned red dots are a no go. Gods will :) plus like i mentioned, I like options and backup plans, so a few extra ounces to add etched reticle capability when batteries die, ill take that.
I got an astigmatism in my right eye. I love these and have 3 of them. I slapped one on a Beretta 1301 12ga. Its almost unfair pheasant hunting.
That is exactly where this thing shines
Great unboxing! 👍🏻
Have been loving your LPVO series, hope to see more MPVO and HPVO reviews soon too!
Thanks mate, Ill be branching out soon
This optic is extremely nice given what it costs. I have the V2 green variant and it's absolutely daylight bright. It has a slight magnification for objects within, say, 0-20 feet or so, but it is very manageable. Certainly some higher end LPVO's look better at 1x, but again this is sub $300. Honestly I love it for a truck/trunk/backpack gun.
Green works way better with the white light of your weapon mounted flashlight at night…prisms are the versatile sights for almost any weapon.
Couldnt agree more. Its a fantastic optic
Primary Arms had a few slip through that had thread issues that caused the illumination problem you’re having. They replaced them real quick!
The 1MOA clicks in practice mean the most your rifle would be off is a half inch at 100 yards. Not optimal, but certainly not a big deal for a 1X sight.
They have an auto off feature that enhances their already almost red dot long battery life. Set it and forget it my friend.
Primary Arms really knocked it out of the park with these. Despite a little tiny fish eye it’s much more functional than a red dot is with my astigmatism. (Previously ran Aimpoints and LPVO’s here)
I just picked up the 3X and it blew me away even more than the 1X. The glass quality is phenomenal for the cost. Eye box is a little tight but on par with any LPVO on 3X if not better. I hope you get one of these in for review too. Love your videos!
Great to hear. I wish they made this in a 1.5x. Find a good balance between the two. But this is so good i almost dont care.
One thing to keep in mind on these... the manual says to tighten the base to 65 inch pounds. Seemed high to me. Broke 2 bases before someone at Primary Arms customer support told me that the manual is absolutely wrong and they should not be tightened beyond 35 inch pounds. 20 inch pounds for the threads to the spacers, 35 for the base to the rail.
thanks for the tip. I’ve just ordered one and this is good info. Question, can the spacers be used with a third party QD mount?
I have three of these (yes I jumped on the bandwagon after I bought my first one). So far I haven’t had the illumination problem you’ve had but I haven’t stressed them seriously yet (I will be doing that in the next few weeks though). I have both the red and green and both are very bright. I haven’t tried them under night vision but plan to do that soon as well.
One caution I will say is that shooting this type of reticle can be different than shooting a dot type aiming point. Aim point and hold over for short distances (25yards and closer) are very different when you are shooting the two reticles. For example with a red dot I typically aim (look at) a point above where I want my impact to be. This “hold over” puts the bullet lower into the target. With this reticle I look where I want the impact to be but move the reticle up to the hold over position. It’s a different way of shooting that takes time to get used to.
Good to hear. I forsee people who like these will have more then one.
Excellent review and optics, Seems like PA has committed
to keep everyone else out of 1x prism business LOL
I hope so, because this is awesome. I hope they make a 1.5x
Love love your unboxing and Im going to join your patreon
Thank you kindly mate! And if so, that you even more!
I have been eyeing this to replace an hs503g.
I have one I’m running on an RIA VR60 12ga. Absolutely love the prism. I can get back on target fast. The drops listed in the manual for buckshot and slugs line up as they should. I’m picking ip another for a Ruger Charger 22.
The only weird thing is with the diopter all the way in, the target looks smaller than 1x. But after a few turns out it looks 1x.
There is a slight size shift. But ill gladly accept that for how well it works as a whole.
My illumination was acting up a little too. But it seems to have worked itself out. Great optic for the cost.
I've been running one with the Gemini reticle on a PCC - great little optic, no issues to date.
Excellent to hear
As far as the primary arms 1 x micro prisms... You shoot a lot of 22 lr, would you go with the acss Gemini or the acss cyclops? My children and I all have astigmatisms, I have the PA 3x microprism for my 5.56 and it works awesome!
I want the AEMS with ACSS reticle. That would be game over for every other non magnified optic.
Unless you have an astigmatism, where some people cant see them. But I agree. The AEMS with a acss would work well
great review. thank you. re: your comment on running the battery if you don’t shut off the brightness knob. these have auto shut-off, so it should be fine as far as I know. quick question, can you use the included spacers with a third-party QD mount?
Awesome
I’m not even going to lie. I bought one of these, slapped it on my DDM4V9 and then never zero’d it. I did not know until just now that the cyclops reticle adjusted in 1moa increments. I would expect that from the Gemini as it’s a 9mm adjusted reticle but I actually just assumed that the cyclops would come in 1/4 or 1/2 moa clicks.
That may have swayed my purchase had I payed attention.
That being said, other than that, I love it just by looking through it. Crystal clear glass and the reticle is crisp. I’ll be interested to see how it actually performs at range now knowing that my zeroing will be limited to some degree.
Yeah its better suited for aclose range pcc. Which is exactly where mine is
Nice.. I've been meaning to request this one. Don't forget to show what the light emission looks like out in front of it at night.
Got it ready
Please use a magnifier in your testing. I want to see if the stacked glass effects image quality.
Already done. Youll see it soon.
My 2x GLx has a similar battery issue. The glass is so incredible for the price and the reticle is so crisp in black, it's not a deal breaker to me.
That is good to hear.
Luv mine for all the reasons already mentioned. Got Green for both AR9 and AR15. Sweet deal with PA's monthly 12%-off specials. Stack that onto a 'Blem' or 'Open Box' sale and you'll pay less than $200.
I noticed the sort of cheesy internals of the battery compartment as well, however, no actual problems yet.
It was mainly the battery cover for me i feel. Its been good since.
Have you done a full review on this yet?
Please do a review of the Eotech vudu 1-10
If I can get my hands on one.
I'm debating to buy the 3x to put on my 8 in 300 blackout, truck gun and hunting.
I hear the 3x is good. But for something close its this.
bought one of these on sale for $240, so far very happy with it, but haven't gotten it to the range yet. mine appears to be slightly magnified, like 1.2x maybe, idk perhaps thats just how prism sights are...? regardless, the glass quality and various mounting options you get for the price are phenomenal
I noticed it depends on where the eye piece is set to. mine seems to be like .99x
What about eye relief? Is it possible to use it like a red dot, just in line with the mag well? Or would that be too long?
You'll want it closer to your charging handle if your using an AR15 platform, for example. However you can shoot with both eyes open just like a red dot. If the battery fails you still have a reticle to use not illuminated. I think it's mucho better. Prism optics better with astigmatism also. Red dot bad for astigmatism.
It's stupid forgiving.
@@CDOES This is on my KP-9 "Vityaz." I held it out like a handgun at full arms length and I can still see the reticle enough to take shots.
Which model do you recommend for a shotgun, the gimini or cyclops version
Why would red be brighter? Green in that nm range is the easiest and fastest color for the human eye to perceive
Green is easier for the eye to pick up. But red emitters seem to just be brighter from my experience.
Biggest detractor I see is the 1 moa adjustment. A bit coarse. But that should be sufficient for close up. I’m keeping my options open for my ZPAP92. I don’t think that this would work with as far forward on the dust cover as I have to run it.
Yeah It would be better with1/2 moa, but for my pcc itll work just fine.
Did you end up getting this? I ordered it for my pap and am wondering how I should mount it
@@devonschevers4056 I skipped on it. I can’t mount it as far back as I would need to. Probably just throw a ROMEO5XDR or an Eotech EXPS3 on it.
@@charliestoybox2099 Dang, I guess I'll just mock it up forward of the rear sight and see how it goes. Maybe I'll bit the bullet for the dog leg rail
Do you know why these have caliber specific models? Could I not use a “9mm “ on a 556? Thanks
I’ve got one. I know it’s supposed to be 1x, but it’s got a weird fish eye effect and some magnification. It doesn’t sound like much, but with actual use it drives me nuts and I can’t bring myself to like the thing. Using it with the Vortex 3x magnifier requires a lot of adjustment from both optics focus eyepiece, to the point that I don’t think it’s worth doing - you may as well just get the 3x version if you are trying to go that route.
It depends on where the eye piece is adjusted too. It wont be the same for everyone sadly. With a magnifier you do need to fine tune both to get them 'right' but it wont be as good as a non prism infront of a maggy
Wait until you check out the SLx 3x...
Thats what I keep hearing!
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I just got my MP, this was going on my MPX PCC for USPSA. I must say I am very disappointed in it in 2 major aspects. First, the magnification appears to be approx .85x (negative) instead of 1x. The object/target viewed through the MP is smaller in size that my non-dominant eye, enough so that it is very disorientating. The second is using a Vortex 3x magnifier with it. In order to have the reticle clear in the magnifier required a LOT of adjusting of the diopter, to the point of there really being no point of even using it, as there would be no way to just flip the magnifier over for long shots then flip it back for close range (e.g. 2Gun matches). I talked to PA about both issues, and tried adjusting the diopter all the way in and out, also tried different positions on the rail (more/less eye relief), even tried different heights. Nothing helped the aspect difference problem. For the magnification issue, PA said having to adjust the diopter quite a bit is common with a magnifier. I really had a lot of hopes for this optic and my old eyes.
The only think you don’t cover that I wish you could is NV performance just for giggles
If I could afford NV, then i wouldnt worry about anything in my life lol
@@CDOES feel that, hopefully with my new job I can tho!
I’m curious how my Riton x1 6-24 will compare to many other budget scopes. Got mine for less than $200. Wouldn’t mind sending it to you if you’d like to review.
im curous about them too. how do you like yours
@@CDOES mine is a secondary sight that I use. I have an Exps that typically is mounted. I remove it and attach the Riton x1 6-24 when I want to plink for groups. It’s been great at the range. Zero doesn’t shift and glass seems decent but I have no experience with higher end scopes so it’s hard for me to compare.
I’ve been waiting for this one before I drop money on one of these
soon my friend
Do you voice X22 Report?
I’ve had such bad luck with their LPVOs that I’m afraid to even try anything from them.
these are top notch
If you need a prism for your eyes, this is a great option.
What does your face look like?? Are you AvE's little brother ? Similar hands!
its a face, nothing special lol. First im told im the lock picking lawyer, and now AvE? Damn im honored!
@@CDOES holy smokes!! You DO sound like "The lockpicking lawyer"!! I never realized.
I just can't stand that mount, it's ugly. Other than that it's worth the money.
They sell QD Mounts for this if you dont like it.
@@CDOES just a regular t2 qd mount? Which do you recommend?
brothher.this is interesting - goodbye!! 👍