Micro Red Dot Sights, Aimpoint T1, H1 Glare Problems

While the Aimpont T1 and H1 seem to be the current trend in red dot optics, I would caution those that although they are great optics there is a distinct disadvantage which may or may not affect you in your shooting.  That problem is glare.  For those only working and shooting indoors this is irrelevant but for those shooting outdoors I have found because of the lack of sunshade/tube on the front piece of the optic, micro red dot sights are very susceptible to glare. The Trijicon SRS found this out the hard way, but the Aimpoint Micro, Bushnell TRS, Zeiss Z-point and PA MDS series in my experience are all susceptible to glare and especially incoming glare.

My observations are all experience based and not scientific but I suspect the lack of a front hood to shield the inside of the optic from glare make the tube style micro red dot optics very vulnerable to incoming glare.  This is not meant to be a hate article.  To the contrary, the micro red dot is still the most common red dot optic I own but there are people who feel there are no disadvantages and I would disagree.  For those who shoot outside, or in the field, or downrange,  shooting into the sun is an unfortunate reality.  In our shooting we have had to actually put a hand over micro red dots to cut the glare.  We have not seen this problem to the same extent with longer tubular designs such as the Aimpoint CompM4 or Trijcon Ta45/44 ACOG scope (not the short models).

If your shooting requires you to regularly function in high glare scenarios I would highly recommend you do not use a micro red dot tubular style unless you're willing to deal with more glare.

Shooter covering a TRS25 from Glare