551, 552 holosight difference?

[Sugg]

Ive been looking at Eotech replicas on ebanned and have found myself wondering what the difference is between the 551 and 552 models.

One seems to be shorter and has a different shaped cover, thats all I can tell. Is there one that is prefered over the other for technical or application reasons?

Its about time I pic up a better optic for my m4 and allot of you seem to have "holo style" optics, soo any info on what you guys prefer at all would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time guys.

[cqbr]

In the real ones....

The only difference between the two is the type of battery they use. The 551 uses the 123A batteries, whereas the 552 uses AA's.

I got the 552 thinking that the cheaper batteries would be more convenient but looking back on it, I have regrets. The smaller 551 is more practical and takes up less room when it comes to jamming your gun with iron sights, optics mounts, etc.

I have no clue if the clones go off the same battery system. I have heard of ones using the same configuration, and others that use watch batteries so I guess it's hit or miss based on which knock-off you buy.

[Sugg]

I suppose that would pretty much answer my question. I could probably try e-mailing them and asking them if they take different batteries if I wanted to be thorough.

If it is the case I think I will go with the more compact of the two.

Thanks allot for the quick reply cqbr.

[Dahm]

There are at least a few threads on EOTech replicas which you can read up on. I know one was quite recent, just look a page or so back, if even that. It will give you good information on how a replica performs compared to a real EOTech.

If I were you, Id check 'em out, extra information never hurt.

[Sugg]

I agree, I like to make an informed decision as much as possible, esp when I have such good community of ppl and reorces to go by first. ...But I should have looked a little harder for another post.

I did however read the retailer review on ebaybanned a minute ago to see what they were all about first.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.