Battery Life on Holosun HS507K

[kshaw]

What kind of battery life is everyone getting on a Holosun HS507K red dot? Holosun advertised up to a 50,000 hour life. My red dot was purchased last February and was already dead when I tried to activate it at the range today.

 

[AssMan]

3 years. Still works. I don't carry it though. FWIW, it gets activated 2-3x a day in my nightstand drawer.

ETA: So that seems odd. Maybe bad luck with the battery? As an aside, I feel like batteries lately are hot garbage in general. Not sure what's changed, but I feel like the shelf life for most has diminished.

 

[Sack]

The battery that comes from Holosun is garbage, just replace it with a quality battery and it will last. My battery was dead when I opened it up.

 

[kshaw]

I plan to practice more using the front sights as a backup to the Holosun.

 

[Phoenix_1295]

Keep in mind that manufacturers base the battery life for their devices on specific settings. When advertising their longest battery life, they are based on the most conservative device settings. (i.e. lowest brightness, limited time device is on, only the dot reticle used, etc.)

A Holosun RDS on an EDC will, likely, get less life from battery than one on a gun that only goes to range, because the shake awake feature may be activated by various body movements of the person carrying the firearm, numerous times per day.

 

[Growler215]

Does the "Lock Mode" on this model disable auto power off if activated?

 

[ground chuck]

Mine is still going. Had it since last summer

 

[clandestine]

In my experience they last about a year at best on a usable setting.

Scott Jedlinski suggests you replace the battery once a year regardless of the manufacturers claims.

 

[Blaster229]

Also, is your "red dot" green? I know green burns hotter too. I never use included batteries.

 

[rbird7282]

I have a green one. I shoot the gun once a month but it’s on my safe door and is activated every time I open the door which is almost every day. It’s the original battery and still runs fine after a year and a half


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[smokey]

What kind of battery life is everyone getting on a Holosun HS507K red dot? Holosun advertised up to a 50,000 hour life. My red dot was purchased last February and was already dead when I tried to activate it at the range today.

I have the 407k in green and it lasts a long time. I've never had one actually run out because I replace the factory ones as soon as I buy them and replace them about every 6 months. Batteries are cheap and the side-load feature is specifically so you can do this easy.

If you are using a circle-dot option, it'll drain the battery much faster. Imagine the how many center dots it would take to make that circle and divide battery life by that number. It's extra bad on the acss Vulcan options.

So, change your batteries more often. A year is too long.

 

[rbird7282]

I have the 407k in green and it lasts a long time. I've never had one actually run out because I replace the factory ones as soon as I buy them and replace them about every 6 months. Batteries are cheap and the side-load feature is specifically so you can do this easy.

If you are using a circle-dot option, it'll drain the battery much faster. Imagine the how many center dots it would take to make that circle and divide battery life by that number. It's extra bad on the acss Vulcan options.

So, change your batteries more often. A year is too long.

It does have auto off but I've gotten this battery life with the circle and dot on.

 

[kshaw]

Well, I replaced the Holosun battery with a Panasonic. Maybe, that will work better.

 

[Sticky]

Just got a 507 from Amazon.. doa. New battery, works like a champ.