Had one Leupold with a green dot. Agree that the way they work is spot-on, and the light was usable under all legal conditions here.
I currently have four Hawkes that work well, but are definitely not daylight bright. On the other hand, they don't overwhelm the view under conditions where they are most useful either. You do have to remember to turn these off, or invest in a bunch of batteries.
If given a choice, I'd go with green every time.
I also have Hawke scopes and a Leupold Firedot.
I have three Hawke scopes, and the glass quality is competitive with other good optics sold in a similar price range. Illumination on the Hawke’s is not daylight bright, unlike the Leupold Firedot.
I also don’t like the Hawke rheostat control. They advertise this as providing infinite control, but in practice I’d much rather have distinct steps with off options in between, I.e. 1, off, 2, off, 3, off..
Really depends on how important daylight bright is to you. ,
