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Posted: 8/27/2009 7:26:56 AM EDT
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After searching for two days on the internet without any answer I figured I'd make a post since someone will no doubt be able to answer this right away. I just purchased an Aimpoint CompML3 from Larue. I have it mounted & it works, but out of the 9 "on" settings, only the last 7 are visible. The 2nd & 3rd position emit no beam whatsoever & the 4th position is impossible to see unless you're in complete darkness & have located where the beam will be by looking at a higher setting first. It's a 2 MOA & at first I figured that the first few settings were maybe only visible when magnified but I'm positive nothing is being emitted on the first 2 settings. It's definitely an ML3 & not an M3. I chose the ML3 specifically because I didn't want to have to cycle through 6 settings that weren't visible without NV as I have no plans to use NV.
I called Aimpoint but I'm having trouble getting ahold of their technical guy & I didn't want to call Larue just yet & look like a bafoon if this is a normal thing. I plan on getting a new battery today to see if that makes a difference but I figured it was a good idea to still find out what it "should" do. The battery I'm using is the one that came with the ML3. Thanks guys, your help is greatly appreciated! |
If I know I'm not going to be using mine for awhile, I turn it off. Not because I'm worried about the batteries - because I'm worried about the LED. Assuming a 100,000 hour lifespan of an LED, it will need replacing in 10 years. It is very minor but it is the way my OCD manifests itself 
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If I know I'm not going to be using mine for awhile, I turn it off. Not because I'm worried about the batteries - because I'm worried about the LED. Assuming a 100,000 hour lifespan of an LED, it will need replacing in 10 years. It is very minor but it is the way my OCD manifests itself Valid concern. I've had two Aimpoints go bad. The LED dims to the point even the brightest setting wont show up in daylight. |
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I finally talked to Aimpoint & it's not that the settings are just there because it's a striped version of an M3 that weren't removed but because they are visible after your eye fully adjusts to pitch black. He said it takes upwards of an hour for your eye to fully adjust to a different ambient brightness and that if the light was even visible at all without your eye adjusting then it would be too bright when your eye did adjust. They wanted a full range with an absolute minimum. He said he gets calls all the time from people that sit in their closet & try to see the lower settings but they don't let their eye adjust long enough to actually see it. Makes sense.
I also asked about the LED going bad & he said that with current day LED's, we'll all be dead before they burn out. He said they used to gauge their life in the 10's of thousands of hours & now they are in the 10's of millions of hours. So it shouldn't be a concern to leave it on all the time. Anyway, I hoped that helped if anyone was interested. |
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I also asked about the LED going bad & he said that with current day LED's, we'll all be dead before they burn out. He said they used to gauge their life in the 10's of thousands of hours & now they are in the 10's of millions of hours. So it shouldn't be a concern to leave it on all the time. Then he is full of crap. I have one back for repair for a dim LED right now. Second trip back cause the first time they failed to fix the problem. |
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