Wolfman Zack
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I recently picked one of these up, and I'm really impressed. Retail is around $199, and I haven't found anything else in the same range that I'd trust as much as this.
It's obviously not the same level of build quality as a Meprolight or Aimpoint, but is still excellent. It also runs on a common AAA battery rather than some more obscure cell size. I like this because a lot of my other electronics use AAA cells, increasing the chance of me always having a spares on hand.
It features a well designed mount, witch includes a spacer for adjusting the mount height, it doesn't have any sort of quick release, but cowitnesses well so that's not really an issue.
The small details that were engineered into this sight are quite impressive too, including a quality rubber armor housing with lens caps that comes included but is removable if you don't want to use it, the lens caps which can clip together to keep them out of the way while shooting, and the adjustment caps integrate a protrusion on them that can be used to adjust the sight rather than needing a coin or screwdriver.
These features are minor, but show a level of design that I find impressive on a sight at this price range, they also serve to make the sight much more user friendly.
The control interface is excellent as well, with a quick press of one button turning the sight on instantly, it offers a wide range of brightness levels, and automatically turns off automatically after 4 hours to prevent running down the battery by accident.
It is also hard to accidentally turn off, requiring a button to be held down for 5 seconds, ensuring the sight isn't accidentally turned off by the controls being bumped.
I would highly recommend this sight based on my experience with it so far.
Vortex also offers a great no questions asked warranty as well, so if you had the bad luck to get a lemon (highly unlikely in my opinion), they will take good care of you.
It's obviously not the same level of build quality as a Meprolight or Aimpoint, but is still excellent. It also runs on a common AAA battery rather than some more obscure cell size. I like this because a lot of my other electronics use AAA cells, increasing the chance of me always having a spares on hand.
It features a well designed mount, witch includes a spacer for adjusting the mount height, it doesn't have any sort of quick release, but cowitnesses well so that's not really an issue.
The small details that were engineered into this sight are quite impressive too, including a quality rubber armor housing with lens caps that comes included but is removable if you don't want to use it, the lens caps which can clip together to keep them out of the way while shooting, and the adjustment caps integrate a protrusion on them that can be used to adjust the sight rather than needing a coin or screwdriver.
These features are minor, but show a level of design that I find impressive on a sight at this price range, they also serve to make the sight much more user friendly.
The control interface is excellent as well, with a quick press of one button turning the sight on instantly, it offers a wide range of brightness levels, and automatically turns off automatically after 4 hours to prevent running down the battery by accident.
It is also hard to accidentally turn off, requiring a button to be held down for 5 seconds, ensuring the sight isn't accidentally turned off by the controls being bumped.
I would highly recommend this sight based on my experience with it so far.
Vortex also offers a great no questions asked warranty as well, so if you had the bad luck to get a lemon (highly unlikely in my opinion), they will take good care of you.
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