Trijicon RMR in the rain?

[venenoindy]

I'm still hesitant to run an optic on my defensive handgun, I would like to hear from people that actually have run the RMR in the rain. Do you see multiple dots?, any issues long term?.

 

[Hop]

My RMR dual has been through years of abuse. Rain, snow, freezing cold, heat, mud. Then last year I slid down a drainage tube into thigh high muddy water (Run-n-Gun event). I dropped the gun hot, got DQ'd. It had worked for about 8 shots. I noticed it stopped working after that drop. Trijicon fixed it in about a week. I bought an SRO after that so I still think they are damn tough sights.

I haven't had any multiple dots or obscured lenses. There's a hole in the side of the sight. Blow through it and it cleans everything well enough to use.

 

[Tactically Fat]

My RMR dual has been through years of abuse. Rain, snow, freezing cold, heat, mud. Then last year I slid down a drainage tube into thigh high muddy water (Run-n-Gun event). I dropped the gun hot, got DQ'd. It had worked for about 8 shots. I noticed it stopped working after that drop. Trijicon fixed it in about a week. I bought an SRO after that so I still think they are damn tough sights.

I haven't had any multiple dots or obscured lenses. There's a hole in the side of the sight. Blow through it and it cleans everything well enough to use.

Did you use one of those "seal plates" for your RMR?

OP: I think if you look through Aaron Cowan / Sage Dynamics YouTube channel you may find a video about it. He's kind of Trijicon's unofficial / unpaid torture-tester/reviewer for All Things Red Dot.

What I've gathered is that many folks will use RainX on the RMR lens to help with water shedding. Also - if you're aiming with both eyes open, as you should, you should still be able to see a superimposed dot over your target even if the lens is spotted up.

 

[Hop]

Mine was an RMR Dual so no battery hatch on the bottom to worry about. The tritium still worked, the fiber optic illumination quit.

 

[JollyMon]

I had an issue one time in the rain when I was taking a night fighter.... basically the dot no longer looked well like a dot. it was all fuzzy and cloudy..... there was still enough in the center to tell where the dot should be.... but it made me question whether I should go for the acro next

 

[venenoindy]

I had an issue one time in the rain when I was taking a night fighter.... basically the dot no longer looked well like a dot. it was all fuzzy and cloudy..... there was still enough in the center to tell where the dot should be.... but it made me question whether I should go for the acro next

I been seriously thinking about the Acro but looks like the battery life is not there, Sage dynamics has a 10000 rdn review and at setting 8 or 9 the battery drains rather quickly.

 

[venenoindy]

[video=youtube_share;1qvCxWITqpc]https://youtu.be/1qvCxWITqpc[/video]

 

[venenoindy]

I have decided that I'm going to give a Trijicon SRO a try, I put a few rounds through one last Sunday and I find it more user friendly than the RMR. I gave the Acro some consideration but in the video says Aipoint is fixing some issues and I don't think the Acro is ready in my opinion, I do think that the red dot has a lot of benefits but is far from perfect so I will split my trigger time between irons only and a red dot equipped handgun.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Just don't drop the SRO.