Customized Solutions for Red Dot Sights
Red Dot Sights: Open and Tube-Style Options
When it comes to red dot sights—be it open-style or tube-style designs—the visual differences between high-end and entry-level models are minimal. However, the key to customization lies in choosing the right core module to deliver perfect aiming functionality.
What makes a perfect red dot sight?
A perfect sight allows a shooter to focus entirely on their target, with a clear aiming dot, while the sight itself fades into the background, becoming almost imperceptible during situational awareness.
At FORESEEN OPTICS, we’ve engaged in deep discussions with product managers from more than a dozen well-known brands. Together, we’ve identified the following key steps for successfully customizing a red dot sight.
Step 1: Understanding the Shooting Platform
Red dot sights are compatible with various firearms, each imposing different requirements. The dimensions of the sight must match the firearm platform, and the recoil forces vary significantly between different guns. These factors are critical in determining the appropriate structural design and product match.
Step 2: Benchmarking Competitive Products
More than 50% of our brand clients prefer to develop custom red dot sights based on the market’s popular designs, while tailoring them to their unique market and brand characteristics. We assist by analyzing competitive products and market trends to create designs that offer both popular appeal and distinctive features.
Step 3: Budget Allocation
Red dot sights come with numerous optional core technologies. However, aiming for the highest standard in every aspect may not align with market acceptance. An effective approach is allocating 80% of the design to proven solutions while dedicating 20% to unique upgrades, creating a product with competitive differentiation.
Core Technologies in Red Dot Sights by FORESEEN OPTICS
Multi-Reticle System
Entry-Level Solution: Uses perforated plates to shape the reticle by blocking LED light selectively. Switching reticle shapes involves rotating the perforated plate, but this method struggles with precision and ease of use.
- Drawbacks: High light loss reduces battery life to less than 1,000 hours. The resulting shapes often lack smooth edges due to material constraints.
- Advantages: Low cost and the ability to produce clear, sharp shapes.
High-End Solution: Utilizes chip-controlled LEDs to generate precise reticle shapes without physical restrictions.
- Drawbacks: Higher cost, and modifying reticle shapes requires additional expenses. When viewed through magnifiers, LED patterns may show slight irregularities, such as rounded edges or minor distortions.
- Advantages: Unlimited reticle design possibilities, with lifespans exceeding 50,000 hours for LED light sources.
Solar-Powered Dual Circuitry
Solar panels on the sight’s top integrate with intelligent power management chips to prioritize solar energy. Under sufficient sunlight, solar power becomes the primary energy source, while the battery supplements any shortfall. Paired with low-power LED technology, this setup extends battery life beyond 12,000 hours, effectively minimizing battery replacements.
FORESEEN OPTICS Upgrade: Advanced chips automatically adjust red dot brightness based on sunlight intensity, ensuring seamless visibility across varying lighting conditions.
Fiber Optic Technology
By channeling ambient light through fiber optics, this technology creates a reflected red dot without consuming energy. This feature also automatically adjusts brightness based on environmental conditions.
FORESEEN OPTICS Upgrade: Our innovation integrates fiber optics with light-sensitive chips, allowing LEDs to adjust red dot brightness dynamically for enhanced clarity, even in bright conditions.
Shake Awake Technology
Embedded accelerometers within the power control module detect motion to power on the sight and automatically shut it off during inactivity, conserving energy.
FORESEEN OPTICS Upgrade: Our enhanced system includes memory functions that retain the last-used brightness and reticle settings, ensuring a quick return to the shooter’s preferred configuration.
High-End Reflector Lens Technology
Eccentric Bonded Lenses: Designed for open-style sights, these lenses feature offset grinding to optimize imaging at the upper edge. Laminated with a matching lens, they minimize comet-like aberrations while protecting the reflective coating.
Aspherical Polishing: Used in tube-style sights, this technique ensures minimal distortion across the field of view, delivering a nearly flawless observation experience.
Narrow-Band Green Dot Technology
Entry-Level Coating: Standard mirror reflection coatings provide acceptable green dot clarity but reduce overall light transmission and may reveal reflective surfaces to distant observers.
Advanced Coating: FORESEEN OPTICS employs over 30 layers of narrow-band green light coatings, reflecting wavelengths between 490–550 nm. This advanced method ensures simultaneous brightness for both the reticle and the surrounding environment, delivering a superior viewing experience.
Night Vision Mode
Our custom control chips and low-power LEDs produce faint light invisible to the naked eye but clearly visible through night vision devices. Depending on client needs, our red dot sights with night vision compatibility offer one or two dedicated NV modes.
Low-Profile Mounting Technology
Using advanced CNC machining, we eliminate the need for bottom plates, enabling ultra-low-profile mounting. This design enhances shooting comfort and withstands recoil forces exceeding 2,000G, making it ideal for large-caliber firearms.
Work closely with our R&D engineers to customize your ideal red dot sight. From initial concept to final product, we guide you through every step to create a solution tailored to your brand’s identity and market needs.
