I hate spending money. However, I seem to have come to grips with that because I often spend money on things that a lot of people would cock an eyebrow at. When I can afford to, I try to by the high quality version of whatever it is I am after. “Hey, we have this version made by a company that you’ve never heard of and its just as good for $240 less”….or you can spend stupid money and get the ‘genuine article’.  If I can swing it, I’ll get the genuine article.

The angle of the photo precludes seeing the reticle

Thats my EOTech XPS2 after spending 45 minutes in the pouring rain running snap-shooting drills with my FN. Theres enough water there to pool on the optic to a considerable depth. And I am completely unworried. I know the product is built for this sort of thing and getting wet isn’t an issue for it. Perhaps for a knockoff or lesser product it might be a problem, but, in this case, I clenched up and forked over the money for a product that I believed would meet the rigors of the ‘real world’. And, it seems that it does.

Crises and disasters rarely make appointments, and you go to war with the gear you have, not the gear you want. When I have to beat feet out the door on some dark and stormy night, heaving ammo cans and cases of MRE’s into the back of the truck at 2am while juggling a flashlight and looking over my shoulder, its nice to know that theres some bits of gear that I won’t have to worry about.