Released in 2002, the TX30’s claim to fame was it’s triple redundant power sources. The chevron reticle could be powered by the embedded tritium, the fiber optic light collector, or the two 3N batteries. The fiber optic aspect is advertised as a means of self-adjusting brightness when outdoors, while the tritium and optionally enabled battery power provide reticle illumination while indoors. Trijicon ceased sale around 2011-2012.

Now, this is complete hearsay, but…
“Trijicon tried hard to sell it to the military. I knew one of the developers behind it and there was A LOT of drama when they couldn’t get it pushed to big army. Like A LOT. I personally woulda used one but something about the reticle failing the requirement for a red dot was what I think was behind the drama.”

Anyways, back to known facts. The tritium bulb was guaranteed for fifteen years of operation*, and the optic provides a low-battery indicator when applicable. The reticle is projected and almost entirely parallax free.

*Trijicon will not replace tritium under warranty unless you are the original owner, which you are almost certainly not.

While this certainly was an impressive feature set, the battery life was not, at 10 hours of operation on the highest setting (110 on the lowest).
Additionally the fiber optic housing glows when using the battery, and there are claims of parasitic battery drain.

Versions

There are two overall generations of the optic (some would claim three), as well as sparsely documented variations made for the military.

The first generation has an additional Cyalume light stick insert (shown below, bubble five) and the second generation did away with this feature. The second generation is seemingly more common, which is a shame as the Cyalume made it more like a quad-power. The light stick power was advertised as being useful “in a hazardous environment in which electrical power is not allowed”. Read into that as much as you want.

It is believed that mini chemlights such as these would be compatible.
The official NSN for the light stick is 6260-01-209-4435.

According to the manual, a non-tritium version was made (TX30NT), as well as an adjustable tritium version, for night vision use. It should be noted however that the optic by default does have night vision settings that do not relate to the tritium power.

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BASIC DATA

Objective:	30mm	Batteries:	2x 3V 1/3N
Weight:	8.3 oz	Battery Life:	110h max
Settings:	14 day, 6 night	Waterproof to:	100ft/30m

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Good video:

A special thank you to “SmallHands” for assisting in the research of this device.