Maybe you mean, "cheap red dots are not the answer." I really enjoy using iron sights, but if I had to bet my life on being able to hit a 12" pie plate at 200 yards with either iron sights or a quality red dot like an Aimpoint, I wouldn't hesitate to pick the Aimpoint. If they weren't so amazingly fast, accurate and durable, our military would not rely on them so heavily. Problem is that an Aimpoint will set you back around $500.