I’ve shot trijicon throughout 20 years in a military service and was very apprehensive about even looking at a “Holosun”. Boy was I pleasantly surprised, I’ll take the Holosun 507 Comp any day of the week!!! Price, the square window and the ability to choose my reticle!!! Love it! I get looked at like a fool cause I have a Holosun on a “Cadillac “ pistol, but they don’t have a clue!!!
Very thorough comprehensive review, thanks. I would add that the SRO protrudes forward, and depending on the gun, may actually be over the ejection port. I am a Holosun fan, I can't justify the additional cost of the SRO.
I have both on multiple guns and to be honest I actually prefer the Holosun. I use the green. It’s easier for me to see. I certainly wouldn’t get rid of my SRO’s to replace them with the 507 comp I had to choose one right out of the box to meet the answer is clear. The owner of my LGS, who could literally use anything he wanted, also prefers the Holosun.
I’m a Trijicon guy, but for the intended purpose of these optics I can’t see justifying the SRO. You pay for durability and QC in a US made product with Trijicon but the SRO has proven to have lackluster durability even as a competition optic. They really need to drop the price of them especially with the RMR HD being out. The HD does everything the SRO does with superior durability and electronics. The SRO should be about $450.
I had an SRO for one of my staccato's and i ended up swapping it out for the Holosun. I get looked at crazy by my friends for it, but the Holosun feels more durable and i'm more confident with it using it for concealed carry over the SRO.
Thanks for pointing this out! It's definitely a good extra product for the SRO. Kind of stinks that it's another 50$ on top of an already expensive optic, but for those already running the SRO this could be a good insurance policy for it. Appreciate you watching.
I love the sro but that holosun is a hell of an option. Tough call, if you’re trying to save some cash I’d go holosun. Plus the holosun has the different reticle options too boot
When it comes to these two companies, I’m team Trijicon. Like you, I own both of these optics and several other models for each company and I think one thing that you’re totally over looking is edge to edge glass clarity. Trijicon is far superior as Holoson often has deformation at the edges. The coating is inferior leaving a tiny and many of their models are not a true 1x. You can also find the SRO for sub 500 bucks these days with regularity
Trijicon refuses to put “shake away” on their SRO. With the 507 you don’t need to remove the sight in order to swap out the battery, big plus They need to get with the times 507 comp comes in green
Like in any industry some companies live off of their name. Eotech, Surefire, Aimpoint, and Trijicon. They no longer innovate they are the cool name to have and can live off of it. My opinion they have been surpassed in quality and features on some of their products. They are still quality products but in my opinion have been surpassed in many areas. For instance - the RMR. Figure out how not to have a bottom loaded battery. I would never buy an RMR for that reason alone. Then add in price, and featureless design. Holosun has attacked the market with affordable, durable, feature rich optics for the past several years.
@hardcore4476 both built the same way, one has a 19 slide, the other a 17 slide: Radian comp/barrel, Zev slide, Nomad Defense frames, Johnny Glock Vex Trigger GPT.
@hardcore4476 I see green better, and it fits my safariland holster without modification. So I had to go with 507comp. The SRO is on a Shadow 2 Compact, and I just love that gun. Carrying it off duty is better with the rounder SRO
Holosun needs to do a 6moa only 507 comp. I make do with the 2+8 moa for now but its slightly ghetto. Thankfully they do a 6moa EPS/EPS carry... basically THE choice for CCW. So why not the optic literally sold with "comp" in the name? "Comp"etition shooters nearly universally prefer a 5-6moa dot.
@@hardcore4476 Yes they do sell them here but no stock anywhere and Australia is such a small market you can wait many many months or maybe years till one gets here. Give you an example, I have had a deposit on a new Walther q5 for 3yrs now and I have had a warranty part on back order for my CZ for nearly 4yrs now.
I put a 507comp on my prodigy. It lasted a month. Now I am waiting for a warranty. I am 9 days in. Tracking showed it delivered on day 7. Holosun says they will confirm they got it with an email. When you get the confirmation email they say 20 to 30 days to process. If you add another week to ship it back to me it could be 6 or more weeks. Im 9 days in waiting for them to just confirm they got it. A $400 optic and they wont just send a new one. They will try to fix it first. I have 8 Holosun red dots. If i wait 6 weeks for a warranty claim I wont be buying another Holosun. If they fix it and send it back and it fails again Ill smash it with a hammer and send it back with a dog turd in the box.
You read the user manual. So at an indoor shooting range the dot is changing brightness levels from shot to shot? Funny trijicon didn't say anything about that
Comp needs a version with dot only. Don't want or need any of these bizarre circle reticles. I guess the Ronin version can have dot only. But I wouldn't buy anything with that kooks name on it.
the family that owns Trijicon is cool as shit.. and take very good care of their employees.. my buddy has a special needs kid that goes to school with their kid.. as well as a buddy who works for them.. they're based here in MI
In my opinion, your video came across as slight SRO Fanboy. You gave it an IPx8 rating (when it has none!) overly communicated the MOA adjustment differences, and referred to it as “durability is not as robust”, when the SRO’s durability is laughable at best. The SRO cracks all the time, so many folks have experienced this. You also never discussed the “double dot” phenomenon when the Sun is bright, nor how interacting with Trijicon’s warranty/customer service sucks a bag of dongs (you did mention that Holosun’s customer service is good, which it is) and you don’t get into how awful it is to try and get that battery plate off the SRO with household tools, there is a reason several 3rd parties now sell a battery tool for the SRO. Bottom line; the SRO is older, needs updating and needs to come down in price and add some much needed durability. The Holosun 507Comp is the standard for competition these days. Looking forward to see if Trijicon can respond to the Market with something that actually competes with the Holosun Comp.
Trijicon is the Glock of optics,!! Perfection is only perfect till it's not!!! 507 comp window height is almost as tall as Trijicons but has a wider field of view. Depending on what moa version of theTrijicon 1moa, 2.5 or 5moa prices will fluctuate between $550 to $650. Once Holosun comes out with 507 comp with the options of dot only in 3, 6 or 8moa game over for over priced Trijicon SRO.
I have 6 SRO that only one failed after 4 years and over 85k rounds and tens of thousands of dry firing. I sent my 4 year old SRO to Trijicon, and they promptly sent me a brand new SRO back. Their customer service is amazing.
Agreed it's just OK. I use the 2 moa and turn up brightness to where it's more like a 6moa. Just give the option of 3 6 or 8moa. Holosun would corner the market
I’ve shot trijicon throughout 20 years in a military service and was very apprehensive about even looking at a “Holosun”. Boy was I pleasantly surprised, I’ll take the Holosun 507 Comp any day of the week!!! Price, the square window and the ability to choose my reticle!!! Love it! I get looked at like a fool cause I have a Holosun on a “Cadillac “ pistol, but they don’t have a clue!!!
I’ve been using the 507 Comp for a year now. Close to 10k rounds. Love it. I own 3 now
Very thorough comprehensive review, thanks. I would add that the SRO protrudes forward, and depending on the gun, may actually be over the ejection port. I am a Holosun fan, I can't justify the additional cost of the SRO.
I have both on multiple guns and to be honest I actually prefer the Holosun. I use the green. It’s easier for me to see. I certainly wouldn’t get rid of my SRO’s to replace them with the 507 comp I had to choose one right out of the box to meet the answer is clear.
The owner of my LGS, who could literally use anything he wanted, also prefers the Holosun.
I run the 507 comp on patrol for the last 9 months. No issues. I would recommend vs the SRO
I’m a Trijicon guy, but for the intended purpose of these optics I can’t see justifying the SRO. You pay for durability and QC in a US made product with Trijicon but the SRO has proven to have lackluster durability even as a competition optic. They really need to drop the price of them especially with the RMR HD being out. The HD does everything the SRO does with superior durability and electronics. The SRO should be about $450.
You sound like a holosun guy 😂
Buy a Gideon omega 150$ and free t shirt
The window of the RMR HD is still much smaller than the SRO
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507comp is the way to go! 💯💯💯 I own four of them now!
A nice review. I would add glass clarity/color with a decent comparison between the two looking at trees and a white wall.
@@politicalpolarbear thank you for the feedback, I will definitely take that into consideration for future videos.
I have the 507comp on my echelon and it has been amazing!
Stupid question, does it co-witness with the Echelon’s U-dot sights and… did it directly mount? Thanks.
I have been big on Trijicon. That being said, i recently purchased a Holoson 507 X2 ACSS
I have holosun on my Ar platforms and most of my pistols and have not had any issues and the price helps and they get the job done
That was a good video I don't have SRO , never could've brought myself to spent that kind of money . I do have 507 comp amd love it so far
Just bought the Holosun 507 Comp green! I'm actually going to try it on my AKSU74
I had an SRO for one of my staccato's and i ended up swapping it out for the Holosun. I get looked at crazy by my friends for it, but the Holosun feels more durable and i'm more confident with it using it for concealed carry over the SRO.
Great content.
For the SRO the Jagerworks B.R.O.S. is a must, its perfect then for an AK.
Thanks for pointing this out! It's definitely a good extra product for the SRO. Kind of stinks that it's another 50$ on top of an already expensive optic, but for those already running the SRO this could be a good insurance policy for it. Appreciate you watching.
What mount do you use for the SRO on your AK? Yeah that Jagger Works BROS guard is dope!
The Iron sight infront of the optic killed me😂
I love the sro but that holosun is a hell of an option. Tough call, if you’re trying to save some cash I’d go holosun. Plus the holosun has the different reticle options too boot
When it comes to these two companies, I’m team Trijicon.
Like you, I own both of these optics and several other models for each company and I think one thing that you’re totally over looking is edge to edge glass clarity. Trijicon is far superior as Holoson often has deformation at the edges.
The coating is inferior leaving a tiny and many of their models are not a true 1x.
You can also find the SRO for sub 500 bucks these days with regularity
I’m looking for the clearest glass dot top top a flux raider PCC. You think the SRO has the best glass and least distortion?
Please get your guys at Icarus to do another zev oz9 x grip run
I'm just the lowly UA-cam guy lol, but I'll definitely let them know we have an interested party
Trijicon refuses to put “shake away” on their SRO.
With the 507 you don’t need to remove the sight in order to swap out the battery, big plus
They need to get with the times
507 comp comes in green
I have both and I’m still a trijicon guy all the way American made and fantastic customer service I’ll always pay more for American made
American made with Chinese parts lol...oh the irony
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Please explain what parts are Chinese please I’m curious
@@Allinoffroadthey source parts from Japan. A lot of companies source from other countries.
I had my battery tray come out of my 507K. I found the screw with a magnet.
I just bought a sro.. plus button is mushy and the minus button click/has feed back like an actual button... is this normal?
Like in any industry some companies live off of their name. Eotech, Surefire, Aimpoint, and Trijicon. They no longer innovate they are the cool name to have and can live off of it. My opinion they have been surpassed in quality and features on some of their products. They are still quality products but in my opinion have been surpassed in many areas.
For instance - the RMR. Figure out how not to have a bottom loaded battery. I would never buy an RMR for that reason alone. Then add in price, and featureless design.
Holosun has attacked the market with affordable, durable, feature rich optics for the past several years.
Team Holosum. But, I had the same problem you had with the batterie tray screw.
HTF did ypu get that Icarus?
Both my duty guns have the 507comp, and my off duty is SRO. This was because of the Safariland holster compatibility.
What are your two duty guns?
@hardcore4476 both built the same way, one has a 19 slide, the other a 17 slide: Radian comp/barrel, Zev slide, Nomad Defense frames, Johnny Glock Vex Trigger GPT.
@@InkwellFoto Nice! What do you like better SRO or 507 Comp?
@hardcore4476 I see green better, and it fits my safariland holster without modification. So I had to go with 507comp. The SRO is on a Shadow 2 Compact, and I just love that gun. Carrying it off duty is better with the rounder SRO
Holosun needs to do a 6moa only 507 comp. I make do with the 2+8 moa for now but its slightly ghetto. Thankfully they do a 6moa EPS/EPS carry... basically THE choice for CCW. So why not the optic literally sold with "comp" in the name? "Comp"etition shooters nearly universally prefer a 5-6moa dot.
Would love a 507 Comp but trying to get one in Australia is so very difficult I have given up. :(
Sorry to hear that. Why is that? They don’t sell them over there?
@@hardcore4476 Yes they do sell them here but no stock anywhere and Australia is such a small market you can wait many many months or maybe years till one gets here. Give you an example, I have had a deposit on a new Walther q5 for 3yrs now and I have had a warranty part on back order for my CZ for nearly 4yrs now.
@@PiKLMedia Dang brother sorry to hear that! Are the regulations on customs or shipping the problem?
@@hardcore4476 Not customs or shipping, just other countries get priority before Australia for stock.
How so? You don't have any friends that can send you one?
I just traded an Xbox and a TLR6 for one, its genuine O.o
Salt Pepper Garlic?
I put a 507comp on my prodigy. It lasted a month. Now I am waiting for a warranty. I am 9 days in. Tracking showed it delivered on day 7. Holosun says they will confirm they got it with an email. When you get the confirmation email they say 20 to 30 days to process. If you add another week to ship it back to me it could be 6 or more weeks. Im 9 days in waiting for them to just confirm they got it. A $400 optic and they wont just send a new one. They will try to fix it first. I have 8 Holosun red dots. If i wait 6 weeks for a warranty claim I wont be buying another Holosun. If they fix it and send it back and it fails again Ill smash it with a hammer and send it back with a dog turd in the box.
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cyclops acss or nothing, my 2 cents
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Bought a trijicon RMR and the dot changes brightness while you are shooting. No thanks. Next red dot will be a holosun.
Read the user manual. There is a way to disable the auto brightness feature on the RMR.
You read the user manual. So at an indoor shooting range the dot is changing brightness levels from shot to shot? Funny trijicon didn't say anything about that
@ricky55626 Holosun does this too, you need to change the settings if you don't like that.
Comp needs a version with dot only. Don't want or need any of these bizarre circle reticles. I guess the Ronin version can have dot only. But I wouldn't buy anything with that kooks name on it.
Get the Olight Osight, save yourself 200$
shower gunn??? lmfao...
Holosuns just as good in my opinion but every time you buy a holosun china gets more money lol. Buy American made any chance you get.
the family that owns Trijicon is cool as shit.. and take very good care of their employees.. my buddy has a special needs kid that goes to school with their kid.. as well as a buddy who works for them.. they're based here in MI
In my opinion, your video came across as slight SRO Fanboy. You gave it an IPx8 rating (when it has none!) overly communicated the MOA adjustment differences, and referred to it as “durability is not as robust”, when the SRO’s durability is laughable at best.
The SRO cracks all the time, so many folks have experienced this. You also never discussed the “double dot” phenomenon when the Sun is bright, nor how interacting with Trijicon’s warranty/customer service sucks a bag of dongs (you did mention that Holosun’s customer service is good, which it is) and you don’t get into how awful it is to try and get that battery plate off the SRO with household tools, there is a reason several 3rd parties now sell a battery tool for the SRO.
Bottom line; the SRO is older, needs updating and needs to come down in price and add some much needed durability.
The Holosun 507Comp is the standard for competition these days. Looking forward to see if Trijicon can respond to the Market with something that actually competes with the Holosun Comp.
Trijicon is the Glock of optics,!! Perfection is only perfect till it's not!!! 507 comp window height is almost as tall as Trijicons but has a wider field of view. Depending on what moa version of theTrijicon 1moa, 2.5 or 5moa prices will fluctuate between $550 to $650. Once Holosun comes out with 507 comp with the options of dot only in 3, 6 or 8moa game over for over priced Trijicon SRO.
I have 6 SRO that only one failed after 4 years and over 85k rounds and tens of thousands of dry firing. I sent my 4 year old SRO to Trijicon, and they promptly sent me a brand new SRO back. Their customer service is amazing.
@@robertbuchanan562 would love a 6 or 8 MOA Holosun Comp. The 8moa horseshoe doesn’t do it for me.
Agreed it's just OK. I use the 2 moa and turn up brightness to where it's more like a 6moa. Just give the option of 3 6 or 8moa. Holosun would corner the market
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