Vortex Diamondback Scope - Poor Low Light Issue

[Sackett]

I have a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x I bought last year that has pretty good glass for the $. The only issue I have is at low-light, the scope seems to be "Hazy" or slightly blurry. I've almost always shot Nikon's and even the cheaper Prostaffs never had this issue. Is this normal for this class of Vortex at this pricepoint or should I send it in for warranty?

[RR 314]

It doesn't make sense to me that an otherwise clear scope goes hazy/blurry at dusk. Should just fade out into darkness. I often hear Vortex has great customer service. :-) Give it a shot and send it in.

[Black Ice]

Vortex Diamondback Scope - Poor Low Light Issue

I have a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x I bought last year that has pretty good glass for the $. The only issue I have is at low-light, the scope seems to be "Hazy" or slightly blurry. I've almost always shot Nikon's and even the cheaper Prostaffs never had this issue. Is this normal for this class of Vortex at this pricepoint or should I send it in for warranty?

Smash it with a hammer then send it back to vortex and they'll send you a new one. Then trade it for a Nikon Monarch. I know for a fact trophy8 will take it off your hands with the quickness.


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[trophy8]

LOL.

Vortex is the greatest thing that has happened to the optics industry.

[BTGuard]

I got a Diamondback for my 308 s couple years ago. I also noticed pretty poor low light performance so I sold it and got a nikon monarch 5 used. More money but good scope for my application

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[ruger41]

I saw the exact same thing with the one I had. It's perfect for going to the range during the day, but does not work well at all on low light.

[Muddy Bud]

I saw the exact same thing with the one I had. It's perfect for going to the range during the day, but does not work well at all on low light.

I had the same issue with my binos. Eventually they went from a spare set to a don't know where they went and don't care set. I'll stick to my Leupold or Zeiss.

[Sackett]

Well that sucks. I really like the scope and the clarity during the day is fantastic.......but at dawn and dusk it lacks. Looks like it'll go on my .22 Mag or the "truck gun".

[Horitexan]

Like RR 314 I'm struggling how something with "pretty good glass for the $$" evidently fails in low light. Is this a new issue since you've "had it since last year" and it's just now coming up?

If it were me, I'd be talking to Vortex. At least before I gave up on it I would. I've never seen a Vortex scope that didn't run circles around Nikons - for my eyes, anyhow. Never had anything lower than a Viper, though.


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[Sackett]

Like RR 314 I'm struggling how something with "pretty good glass for the $$" evidently fails in low light. Is this a new issue since you've "had it since last year" and it's just now coming up?

If it were me, I'd be talking to Vortex. At least before I gave up on it I would. I've never seen a Vortex scope that didn't run circles around Nikons - for my eyes, anyhow. Never had anything lower than a Viper, though.


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This particular rifle, I don't hunt with it much and last weekend, we were trying to thin The hog population. Picked this rifle and I guess the few times I've used it the last year, I just never looked through it at dawn/dusk as my binos serve that purpose until I'm ready to shoot something.