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Rifle Scopes Sig Romeo5 Battery Life

sirhrmechanic

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Asking perhaps a silly question... but maybe someone here knows an answer or a strategy.

I have these little Sig optics on several AR Rifle/Pistols, a couple of which ride in my vehicles. Because they have a motion-activated instant-on feature, they just eat batteries. And there is no way that I am getting 40K hours of battery life. And when I pull one out to use it... dead battery.

Is there a way to extend batter life? Makes these scopes (which I love, BTW) hard to use on a patrol rifle or anything that does not live in a rack

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
I hadn't thought of that issue. I also tend to ride around with one in the truck.

I suppose a battery check is in order now. Mine is 6-8 months old and was still operational a week ago.
I'm gonna put a couple of spare batteries in the pouch.
 
Asking perhaps a silly question... but maybe someone here knows an answer or a strategy.

I have these little Sig optics on several AR Rifle/Pistols, a couple of which ride in my vehicles. Because they have a motion-activated instant-on feature, they just eat batteries. And there is no way that I am getting 40K hours of battery life. And when I pull one out to use it... dead battery.

Is there a way to extend batter life? Makes these scopes (which I love, BTW) hard to use on a patrol rifle or anything that does not live in a rack

Cheers,

Sirhr
Turn them off when in a veh. Just hold down one of the power level buttons until the dot turns off.
 
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I have a romeo 5 on my 300blk truck gun that rides everywhere with me for the past year and I've never had the battery die......come to think of it I should probably change it since it's been a year. I have a romeo 1 on my fnx that was killing batteries ever 2 days of carrying with it always on, an email to to sig and they gave me a brand new one after returning the battery killer. The new one is going on 2 months with no issues what so ever.
 
Or the little storage compartment common in pistol grips, along with whatever hex key came with optic for tightening mount, and a lens cloth to keep everything from rattling.
And a Trojan to keep crap out of the muzzle... Or in case you meet a hot chick on patrol.

Cheers,

Sirhr
 
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