If the battery dies, doesn't matter. That reticle is there. I never turn it on anyhow.
Another consideration. A guy was with me this spring. We were driving around trying to locate birds. Was raining a bunch so it was from truck. He had a holosun with shake awake so the red dot woulda stayed on a lot.
He was afraid of battery being over used so he lowered red dot far as possible to conserve. We struck a bird, quick got out n went around. Once set up I cutt at em. They fired up way too close. Within a minute 6 gobblers were on us. My buddy was fiddling with his red dot trying to bump it up. In the rush to go he'd forgotten. The birds stepped into view and his gun hadn't been adjusted up right. If it was a prism it never woulda mattered. Still woulda been a perfect reticle there.
On the reticle The hash marks for ranging are down out of the way just to be clear. Def way less distracting than bow sights if you all can relate to that.