Can you explain why it’s better besides the price?
1. The G24 fore and aft (in and out) adjuster is on 2 thin serrated rails, that always has some wobble in it between the serrated teeth and the adjuster. The way you try to take that wobble out is by screwing down the tiny allen screw that then lock the adjuster in place. Point is it is a royal pain in the ass to then try to adjust your NV device in or out (especially if in the field). So you either have to live with it not locked down with wobble or you have to commit to locking it down and basically lose the ability to adjust the unit in or out in the field.
That might not sound like much of an issue but it is. Point being that when you are sweating your ass off and your unit is fogging up, sliding the unit out will pretty much eliminate if fogging up.
The Rhino II has 2 smooth rails that the in and out adjuster locks down by turning a cam friction fit on so that you can easily adjust your NV device in and out and it does not have any wobble at all in it. Much more robust, simple and reliable adjustment system on the Rhino II.
2. When you stow (fold back) the G24 it still has your NODS hanging out in front of your face and you cannot get your NODS to lay flat on your helmet. The Rhino II folds all the way back on your helmet and allows you to fold a set of dual NODS or a single way flatter on your helmet than the G24.
3. On the G24 you have to push a button to be able to stow your NODS. On a Rhino II it is a simple "force to overcome" instead of having to fumble around for a push button. That might not sound like much, but in an amped up situation, a force to overcome works way better if you have to stow your NODS quickly. Additionally, if you take a face plant, which happens quite often with NV the Rhino II force to overcome will likely let your NODS fold back without incurring a lot of damage to the unit. A G24 being locked down with do a lot of damage to both the mount and the NODS if you face plant because it will not allow any give to the system if you have a hard impact.
4. The Rhino II has a further adjustment range in and out (fore and aft) than the G24, but I think lately Wilcox has lengthened the horizontal rail length some to give more adjustment range, but that also means longer weak spindly rails also which can easily be bent and break. The Rhino II rails are solid as a rock and you would have to take a sledge hammer to bend or break its rails.
5. The G24 is a way too expensive for a weak, less featured performing mount over the Rhino II Dovetail. The Rhino II Dovetail is way cheaper, stronger and has significant better performance features that have real world benefits.
The Rhino II Dovetail is just a way more solid, better featured, trouble free and reliable mount than the G24.
I have a G24 and it stays parked collecting dust. I keep it simply to be able to show someone in person who wants to argue about how good it is, that it really is not all that.
However, the "cool guys" all seem to enjoy blowing the G24 horn and drinking the "kool aid" regurgitating what they read on the internet.
Classic case of: "they don't know, what they don't know"
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