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EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:40 am
by Chuck
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015 ... Newsletter
Well that escalated! Hot on the heels of the U.S. Government suing EOTech for the alleged fraud in their sights, specifically in claiming that their sights could work in certain cold weather and humid environments, then trying to cover up this error in an upgrade, the parent company of EOTech, L-3 Communications, based out of New York has agreed to a payout of $25.6 million to the Government. We literally just reported on the lawsuit going through the the courts, and then this agreement has come up. It could be the end of the matter, or this could drag on with both sides negotiating some more. Along with the FBI’s HRT team switching over to Aimpoint sights, things don’t seem to be looking hot for EOTech right now on the federal government front. If you’re interested in reading the full court reading of the case, Soldier Systems has a good write up of the legal discussions.
However:
What will that mean for civilian or LE EOTech users? The problems are being found in extreme weather circumstances, so if you use your EOTech sights for range use, self defense, and hunting, unless your house is in the Arctic circle, or the jungles of Philippines, I don’t see your sights failing anytime soon. Regardless, maybe the responsible thing for EOTech to do, is to publish lists of serial numbers of their sights with the defect so customers can just be aware of what they have.
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:19 am
by Airbrush
Love my 512, works fine in our climate. It's an old model which I had to send back to L3 as it had lost it's nitrogen purge, they upgraded to a new chassis free of charge.
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:29 am
by WelshShooter
I can understand why EOTech would have to pay a lawsuit to the US Government, as they most likely accepted that their device was compliant with all of the requirements necessary for the device. However, I think civilian's should have the option for a full refund or not. Although the devices may not operate in extreme weather conditions despite EOTech saying they did, are there any other features that do not work as advertised? I think that civilian owners should be given the choice for either an upgrade to a version which does what is says on the tin or should be given a refund for the device they have.
Just my thought.
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 3:01 pm
by Maggot
see the "However" clause and suck it up.
Gets tricky shooting form a bench at short siberia.....in name only
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 4:15 pm
by Airbrush
Maggot wrote:see the "However" clause and suck it up.
Gets tricky shooting form a bench at short siberia.....in name only
Oi, you calling me a SS sniper?
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:26 am
by Ben Denise
Airbrush wrote:Maggot wrote:see the "However" clause and suck it up.
Gets tricky shooting form a bench at short siberia.....in name only
Oi, you calling me a SS sniper?
Doubt it, snipers normally hit what they aim at.
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:50 am
by Chuck
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:00 pm
by Maggot
Ben Denise wrote:Airbrush wrote:Maggot wrote:see the "However" clause and suck it up.
Gets tricky shooting form a bench at short siberia.....in name only
Oi, you calling me a SS sniper?
Doubt it, snipers normally hit what they aim at.
To be fair he does...its me that tends to shoot other people's targets
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:12 pm
by Airbrush
Ben Denise wrote:Airbrush wrote:Maggot wrote:see the "However" clause and suck it up.
Gets tricky shooting form a bench at short siberia.....in name only
Oi, you calling me a SS sniper?
Doubt it, snipers normally hit what they aim at.
You are one of the constants in my life, always there to take the pish.
Re: EOTECH not as good as they say?
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:21 pm
by Ben Denise
Someones got to do it mate. :)
