Had a look at a non-functioning one this weekend. I was told it that it was only missing the board to make it run, but otherwise, glass, weight etc. is what we will see in production.
Long and short, I am glad someone finally brought this to the civilian market, as it will spur improvements through competition. In otherwords, someone had to be first, and now hopefully others will pile on and improve it. I have actually talked to several manufacturers and they all said they were interested in going this way, have been for a while, but I guess no one wanted to risk it first. This will hopefully open that door.
But otherwise, its 4 lbs, very large, and it's a monocular, so you are not going to be replacing your binos with this. At $9k, it's definitely out of my reach, that's for sure.
Again, all that said, I think it's a bold move by Trijicon, and I hope it's the start of a new race to see who can make it smaller, better and cheaper so we can all benefit!
