Trijicon's Secret Shame: The SRS

The Trijicon Sealed Reflex Sight is the biggest, baddest red dot ever made. And when I say "baddest," I of course mean "most bad." It's not surprising it was discontinued, but it is surprising what came afterwards.
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[@allthemosin6541]

I think the "parallax free" is referring to the fact the parallax is free, as apposed to pay 100 dollers extra for it.

[@Hoplopfheil]

Free parallax with every purchase!

[@arsenal_616]

It's a typo. It should say, "Parallax, free" Goes to show the importance of punctuation.

[@Alphonselle]

"Wtf is parallax take it out of my optics idc if it's free."

[@minigpracing3068]

Punctuation says lives? Let's eat Grandma? Parallax free? Maybe.

[@thetrainshop]

I came here to make this joke too. Glad someone else did

[@oskar6661]

Two things. One: I've always been baffled by Trijicon's inability to produce a modern fighting RDS for carbines/rifles, etc. It's...weird. Two: As a future TFB-TV/Hop competition...I'd like you and James to both build the very worst guns (probably ARs for simplicity) you can, and then force each other to take a class/compete with them. Basically your least favourite: grip, barrel, muzzle device, foreend, optic, stock, trigger, etc. Basically assemble the very worst (albeit functional, I suppose) gun to send to each other.

[@SatanasExMachina]

This is genius.

[@bass779]

The class is a great touch

[@oso1165]

YESSS DO THIS !

[@Dave-0]

California compliant everything 😂

[@oskar6661]

@@Dave-0 I mean, let's not get out of hand...

[@West-TexX]

I freaking love Hop. (He’s given a gold bar) “The bar is far heavier than is desired, and not sure how the treasury packed this much unnecessary weight in such a small package, the end result being this is far less desirable to carry and in fact has a high suck factor after only 15 minutes or so. What the heck, I guess you could use it as a paperweight.”

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

In the same week everyone is gushing over Trijicon’s newest mini red dots, Hop will just crap on an optic they would rather everyone just forget about. Never change Hop, you contrarian edge lord. Never change.

[@williamflowers9435]

I want a review of the Insight MRDS (fde)… the perfect compliment to the Elcan Spectre DR (at least in the eyes of the pencil pushers that ordered them)

[@dragonstalk86]

N

[@PolymerLad]

The killflash looks like it should be a loudener.

[@danelio]

It's a velocity stack for umm, light..?

[@TheMsdos25]

It doubles as a tactical blunderbuss conversion.

[@lordbiggulp]

Listening to you rip apart bad products makes my day so much better. Thanks for blessing us with content Hop.

[@ryanlong4021]

I refuse to like. You are at 69. Thanks though for summing it up perfectly.

[@kurtbergh]

Reviews of bad things are always better entertainment than hearing about good products.

[@davidmoore3479]

ya, I second that, I love your content better than James.

[@MGMan37]

The internal reflection is actually a feature. You can train for astigmatism before even having astigmatism.

[@CDOES]

I'm pretty sure if it ever failed during a fire fight. You could take it off and throw it as a dummy grenade. It might startle someone.

[@Leodigarius]

Traded my SRS I got for under 300 bucks for a CompM5 and Scalarworks mount. One of the better trades I've done.

[@rodiculous9464]

Where'd you get one for 300

[@Skrubenz]

Holy shit, you robbed somebody

[@Hoplopfheil]

Wait what the fuck I traded my Comp M5 on a Scalarworks mount for an SRS

[@probablyhiding]

@@Hoplopfheil lmaoooooooo

[@ProdBugs]

you robbed the man himself hahahaha

[@williamflowers9435]

Nothing to be ashamed of… no other red dot looks as cool on a shotgun as the SRS.

[@ShotGunner5609]

I remember wanting one for exactly that reason back in the day. They could re release this with improvements and it would probably still sell well.

[@kxkxkxkx]

Trs-25 is way better and cooler 💯

[@smnkm4ehfer]

Sentence*

[@shellshock98]

I’ve been waiting for this review and it did not disappoint. I acquired a SRS super cheap not too long ago and was able to sell it for a stupid amount of money and upgraded to a EXPS3 and magnifier for basically nothing

[@AFOPatches]

How much did you sell your SRS for? Trying to figure out how much I can get out of mine.

[@shellshock98]

@@AFOPatches $850, it was a little salty and didn’t have a box or anything with it.

[@jakehorvath9001]

High IQ: Picking Trijicon ACOG Medium IQ: Picking Trijicon Scopes Low IQ: Picking Trijicon red dots

[@DoomerTapes]

man it looks so cool, I hope they bring this thing back in some form. It looks like something invented in the mid 90s

[@yarborough137]

I saw the SRS used in Afghanistan by contractors and OGAs. These are the groups that bought them, and I only saw them on one deployment. So these would be clone correct for an OGA armorer's build.

[@davidoconnor1773]

Just last week I rewatched Sicario 2 and noticed Benicio Del Toro had an SRS on his UMP45, I had to look it up because i wasn't sure what monster red dot it was that he was using!

[@Usmc0341]

That dissipator with the A2 stock is awesome

[@joshr9730]

Finding out that these things sucked was a disappointing day for me. At the time, the features (solar powered red dot?!?) were pretty unique and high tech. I did eventually get that super awesome solar powered red dot (thanks Holosun) but the SRS will always be aesthetically pleasing to me, even if it does actually suck.

[@bunnyoperator]

Dear Hop, You are the youngest boomer that I know, and I appreciates you for it.

[@CountryMash]

Here for the MRO’s backhanded compliments and Rare Candy 🍿

[@shawnwillis7561]

Im pretty sure that "parallax free" means that you get it at no extra cost

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

HOW IS THE PARALLAX SO HUGE WHAT THE HELL!?

[@taterc229]

American innovation💯

[@railfanningpoints2.045]

That's what she said.

[@rodiculous9464]

My favorite budget red dot in tarkov. I'd buy one irl just bc of that, if it actually was a budget option. It's staggering how expensive these are.

[@KeepItShut]

Same story, different game. I put a good amount of time into Medal of Honor Warfighter multiplayer and the SRS was my goto optic. Always wanted one but couldn't bear the price tag

[@wolfkult4320]

I love these videos with these older sights and accessories. It's part review, part aftermath report for why a product failed.

[@kobeh6185]

"Hey Guys, thanks for tuning in to another episode of Forgotten Optics, I'm Hop, and today we are looking at the most obscure pile of 2010s garbage you've never heard of"

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

When you said that this is the heaviest red dot you've ever seen I thought "Hop NEEDS to get his hands on an Elbit Falcon"

[@CutlassOutdoors]

Scathing. I love it. Thank you, Hop.

[@BigDaddyMeatStick]

Thanks aunty. Your reviews are always appreciated 👍

[@shyguy7623]

The missingno reference really made me flash back to my childhood hard af 😭

[@ja0298]

I didn’t realize the adjustable RMRs came out in ‘12. I just figured they were always there. I remember the T2 coming out. I still have a first gen MRO, bought right when they came out. It’s odd trijicon has bad luck red dots, excluding the RMR.

[@03Grunt-arrino]

I love my MRO haha. I don’t get the hate.

[@ja0298]

@@03Grunt-arrino ok. Mine definitely has parallax shift and is on a 22 ar now. I couldn’t bring myself to sell it to someone knowing it has a issue.

[@shaocaholica]

A local store in Los Angeles was clearing out the knob version new for $375 back in 2017. I wanted to jump on it but was strapped at the time.

[@rays.5764]

Reviews by Hop remind me that it's perfectly okay to just rock iron sights on a rifle.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

All I care about is the Dissipator... need a video on that beauty! 😍

[@gattosquad2241]

The sound of Hop's disappointment is one of my favorite things now.... mate you're the Bill Burr of guntubers... "young man rants at optic". Bright future as one of those "im not angry, I'm just disappointed" parents.

[@19DESERTFOX91]

I bought a china clone for airsoft like 8 years ago for $40 bucks... no parallax issues lol. of course it rusted out an killed itself 2 years later and I didn't have an AR back then but its funny how the parallax on a $40 clone is better then the real thing

[@Cheezwizzz]

I’ve had various airsoft scopes too and I often wonder are these replicas produced in the same factory that makes the legit version. I’ve a repro Trijicon Acog, an Elcan Spectre with a functional 1-4x zoom both several years old and still rocking along

[@smartfella7914]

@@CheezwizzzDo you remember where you got that Elcan?

[@Xeonerable]

The NV disappointment throw at 10:00 made me lol

[@machinesandthings7121]

Great vid. Thanks for the work.

[@sensitivegangster02]

the parallax clip has me absolutely rolling lmfao that is so bad

[@SB-qp3nh]

I love love loved the Tx30 Tripower

[@Eclipse_Armory]

Great video man! Didn’t even know these were a thing so I definitely learned a thing or two!

[@chadwik4000]

I remember when this came out; I still have the Triji catalog from 2014 with it in there.

[@rupert916]

Glad you brought up RON. Its not Ground Branch but the builds are pretty decent.

[@rb7922]

You have no idea how much and how long I've wanted one of these things

[@mikeradke4786]

Thank you for the good example of parallax

[@BoxdHound]

Thanks!

[@toods2]

I love you, Hop. Don't ever change.

[@MrBullet888]

Hey, I love my HAMR. The Deltapoint was a pita to zero with the minute adjustments but I still love it. Can't speak on the Trijicon.

[@Magdumper]

Hop needs to get his hands on a gen 2 tripower, discontinued in 2009. It is an anomaly because it is a great red dot, very low tint and distortion, little to no parralax, the tripower system works good, and somehow all their newer dots have these issues. Works great under nods as well!

[@VCBird6]

Wasn't expecting a Misingno reference in 2023. But here we are

[@thomascozart1095]

Yay!! Another Hop review!

[@Windowlick_]

The button thing is probably because of the patent, gotta make the most of it lol

[@7.62x39FMJ]

0:53 Think I just found my new favorite Hop clip.

[@zadamany9255]

Not sure whether I have the Gen 1 or 2 SRS, but I definitely don’t have the geometric pattern. Instead, I have an aggressively large sun spot when facing into the sun, and under NV the glass almost looks like it’s slightly glowing around the dot itself unlike the CompM5 I messed with. The SRS sucks, and the only reason I have it is for the novelty. But in the world of mailbox optics, I could see an SRS reboot with updated/less shitty problems (if Trijicon wanted to innovate).

[@zadamany9255]

Also, unlike the RMR adjustable which immediately responds to button presses, I have to hold the SRS buttons for a half second before the brightness changes.

[@AFOPatches]

Mine is in the SN range of 6500 and does not have the circuitry reflection issue. Definitely still has bad parallax tho

[@Goldenwithaleash]

I too got sucked into buying a MRO when they first came out. It’s relegated to my 8” 9mm PCC which is only a fun gun for me.

[@WFORacer]

Dude you are a smart áss, 💯💯💯👏👏👏 and that is why I enjoy your content.

[@brianjunker3128]

I have a 2,000’s serial number SRS. It’s terrible but I’m never going to sell it. It’s by far and away the coolest looking red dot to hit the market imo, and nothing else matters.

[@williamflowers9435]

100%… especially on a shotgun

[@HALO-2304]

I'm eagerly awaiting the Trijicon TX30 Tripower. 😬

[@tsuchinokoz5036]

I’m sold on the intro

[@DaGunbunny]

I remember seeing a video of JJ Racaza running a SRS on his race pistol.

[@MrSLF]

Thank you. 👍

[@paulpugh2480]

To the point, not too many words, good .

[@EastCoastMan603]

You put on kitty Kat and have peak obscurity.

[@marine6680]

The off axis thing comes into play more, in less than ideal circumstances. When you are on the back foot as it were. On a static range, you will not really see much benefit. It’s why I prefer the Comp sized RDS over the T2 sized. But I use both, and all in all the difference isn’t huge, just noticeable. I do a couple drills that put me in compromised positions, to simulate when things go wrong.

[@toddinfl]

Trijicon official statment on the SRS... "Why you mad tho?"

[@armon8399]

Wow that parallax was insane!!!!!

[@g54b95]

Literally a month after I got interested in the Beretta Cheetah model 84 and started watching them on GunBroker, James dropped a video on TFB TV, espousing the 84BB variant as the only 'Fudd' Beretta (not his exact words, but you get the idea) he would consider for CCW. It took about a year before people forgot about this (thank you, ADHD), and prices actually started to come down enough that I scored an excellent example about 3 months ago at well below James Reeves ("I know what I got!!!") prices. This time, however, you have convinced me this thing is a total piece of shit at any price, so now I'll just be monitoring these on GunBroker out of a sense of morbid curiousity.

[@treij6345]

I have no idea why but.. I like the way it looks.

[@ravenovatechnologies6554]

Rofl your buddy chucking his whole rig out of disappointment sent me.

[@mikeevansgutierrezcasanas6234]

I heard what you said about the Trijicon MRO. I absolutely did. 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

[@deltathirtyfour]

“An unrelated pic” 😂 btw, it looked sick in sicario

[@mrshort2379]

Being in my early 50's with old eyes I miss big window red dots and other style big window optics with different reticles

[@Rolexenforcer]

Hop you the best brah!

[@TeardownSystems]

I really liked the srs/sro in moh warfighter 🤣 in person it was eh but knew guys that were die hard fans for some reason

[@hakjobtm7472]

ok but on the other hand: it's a total vibe

[@dothwalrus370]

I love how Trijicon makes one of the best handgun optics money can buy, even though it's an ancient product that's been unchanged for almost 20 years. But they cake terrible rifle dots.

[@gibuz]

this was the only thing i used in ready or not

[@andresmonagas7662]

10:03 I was... absolutely not expecting that 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@helixx92]

Ayo hop plays ready or not another reason he’s literally me lol

[@oregonpug6924]

Babe, wake up! Hop posted another video!

[@12monkey57]

Man that thing is massive

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Hey babe, wake up. Hop made another trijicon roast video again.

[@GarandOne]

Oh gawd the parallax! The humanity!

[@sccpresident]

it looks cool 👍

[@EdwardZhou_TJOL56]

Trijicon and stealth updating/changing their optics, name a more iconic duo.

[@URBANAMERICANTAC]

I sold my SRS last year. It wasn’t good. It went back to Trijicon 4 times to be repaired before they finally replaced it with a new one. Of course selling it was a nightmare. Sounds like you got a gen 1 like mine. They fixed the reflection issues with liquid electrical tape painted over the board the dots soldered too.

[@docternoblex]

I can’t wait to see the Tripower TX-30

[@oskar6661]

I actually had one of those. Weirdly, a completely fine optic...but...yeah, more or less pointless. Quality and function was really good on mine. Just pointlessly heavy/large, etc. Didn't do much that my subsequent T1 didn't do better.

[@DanzigDemento]

Value is added because Benicio DelToro’s use versus the Federales in Sicario 2 Day of the Soldado!

[@MW-sw4cp]

I can't wait till you get your hands on a tri power.

[@sureokk]

I still like these

[@ManofLowMoralFiber]

I saw one of these in a gun shop years ago. I was looking around through it, and could tell it was a poor product almost immediately. Even the store clerk said, "That's nothing more than a paper weight. Don't buy that."

[@JoeyOutlaw]

I have a Vortex Red Dot that has that same rectangular shadow from the computer board in the right hand side of the lens. Its not bad and def doesn’t effect the performance but it’s incredibly annoying lol i also have confirmed minimal parallax shift on this optic as well even tho they claim 100% parallax free

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

So what youre saying... Is that James Reeves is the SRS of TFB TV.

[@DrakeWind]

I came for the information on out of date and obscure optics and I stayed for the Pokemon references.

[@acosby792]

I had an early SRS and was able to run it solely on the solar cell. Sadly, it died

[@tacticalcharlie4696]

2 of my favorite KZbinrs that I actually trust are hop and honest outlaw they will buy a product just to shit on them if they aren’t good

[@rmp5s]

6:14 - My actual face when I saw that parallax...😮

[@bev8200]

Finally, someone who doesn’t have two feet of trijicon crammed in em

[@jonkulesa9001]

Yes I bought one of those and had so many problems that I threw in the trash😖

[@CamVeioPDX]

The opening line of the video..... 🤣🤣🤣

[@diarrheabaptism3827]

Really good if you like the color blue.

[@zkschalk]

Thanks bro. As a proud owner of some of these products I can only say that I was horrified by your analysis of this amazing and innovative kit coming from Trijicon. No. Seriously though I was just exercising my sarcasm hoping to one day reach your elite levels of sarcasm found nowhere else. 🤙🏿