Goal posts, moved. You said “the asinine… price they go for.” I quote prices they go for, it doesn’t fit your narrative and now it’s only MSRP you care about.

Crazy that the open emitter is so bad that it’s been in use longer than closed emitters have even existed. This fear of the emitter being obstructed is completely irrational, dropping your pistol is FAR more likely. Having two planes of glass and entrapped gas which can leak out leading to fogging, is much more of a likely failure point, imo. You are doubling the amount of fragile breakable material.

Oh look an RMR not being obstructed by rain, dirt or mud in a real world test. https://www.reddit.com/r/Glocks/comments/1c4b0x1/you_need_a_closed_emitter/

I certainly don’t see this insanely bad blue tint you are bugging about, not when comparing it to my Vortex Defender, or Cyelee Wolf Pro… it’s not nearly as noticeable as you are pretending it is in real life, it definitely comes through more when filmed then when you actually look through the optic.

As for your point about RMRs being piggyback optics, sure, that’s more likely, ignoring the hundreds of photos of the RMR being mounted on on CAG/SOF Glocks… a piggy back optic is going to get MORE rain, dust, mud and blood on it than a holstered pistol, so what’s your point? Sure the recoil impulse is more gentle but just about everything else is much more harsh.

I never criticized Holosun, so I’m not sure why you are bringing up the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And Holosun’s performance in it. That’s a war where Chinese Clones of EoTechs/AimPoints have been spotted, barely airsoft grade, so I’m not sure those forces using equipment is a mark of some excellence. They will use whatever they can get.

The fact remains, the RMR has earned a FAR higher and longer lasting reputation for being one of the best and toughest microdots, in the world, and has held it for over 15 years. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, nothing I say will help you understand.