Viridian RFX11 1x16 Micro Green Dot, Shield Mounting Pattern, Polymer, Black

Easy to mount. Dot is bright and easy to find fast. Although I heard that green dots are better for people with astigmatisms, I don't see a material difference in flare from red dots. 3 MOA is advertized as the dot size but this dot appears larger....which is fine for me in a carry run to get on target faster. I have found that it carries comfortably - there are no sharp corners to poke or scrape you when carrying IWB. No comment on battery life or long term durability since this requires more time.

Got this and was a little bit skeptical that it would be a quality green dot, but this thing works great. Not only does this look great on a Taurus gun because it has the Taurus logo, it has a crisp Green Dot. The fact that it comes with the picatinny rail adapter so you can use it with any picatinny rail makes this a no-brainer.

Excellent product, accurate description, easy to understand instructions, great materials and workmanship. Will definitely buy again from this vendor.

The body is plastic.. NOT ALUMINUM!!I couldn't figure out what I could have done to break the glass until I realized it was plastic, and extremely thin. I wish I didn't spend $220 on this last year.. and with no warranty; Shame on Viridian.BUYER BEWARE.

Very good optic. It is hard to find a 3 MOA Green Dot optic but Viridian has this one at a good price. It has a 30,000 hr battery life, shake awake and auto shutoff and brightness built in. I recommend it for pistols. I now have 2 of them and they work as advertised.

I rather hate giving this 3 stars, for my uses it deserves 1, but it may be my problem, and not the sight's. The unit seems well made, and it seems to work, but the green dot flairs so much that it is unusable to me. It may be caused by my astigmatism. I have a number of red dots (Burris, Shield, Vortex) and I haven't had this problem with flair, or starburst effect. But, this is my second green dot (the other is a Holosun) and I've had the same issue with both. In fact, I sent the Holosun back to the factory and they sent me a new one, but still, the green dots flair terribly in low or indoor range lighting. Outdoors they seem fine, but in indoor artificial light the flair is so bad that the sights are nearly impossible to accurately aim the gun. But, like I said, since I'm having the same problem with 2 green dots, the problem may be mine instead of the sights'. So, for someone without astigmatism the rating may be a 4 or 5, but for me I'm being generous at a 3.

Pros:Clear glass, no distortions.Bright dot in daytime.Properly dimmed dot at nighttime.Shake awake has never failed.Auto off feature works and saves battery life.Rubber cover is helpful when in storage.Cons:Glass is just too small to be useful at arms length, i.e. takes too long to find the dot in such a small sight (only 22mm wide, 17mm tall) when it is 2.5 feet from your eyeball.Glass scratches a little too easy to suit me, guess I was expecting something a little more resilient like a cell-phone-screen-level of scratch resistance?Misc:Overall a quality, very affordable green dot optic that is just a little too small to be useful.I really wanted to like this, but I personally need something larger in both X and Y directions.

I have always had good luck with Viridian products. This is no exception. Fits well on my Canik TS9, looks great and I absolutely love the green dot. For the price you can not go wrong.