Thread: Vixen scopes (and similar price range)

Originally Posted by Fatberg

I have a V1 4-16 and wouldn't buy again. Not because there's anything wrong with the quality, but because I underestimated how much I would notice the 1" tube size. The field of view is poor and I've had multiple situations where my mate has spotted game with binos but it's taken me ages to get on target due to this. Even my $300 Nikko Stirling 3-9 has a far superior field of view. Personally I'd never buy anything under 30mm again and I've just bought a Vortex 5-25 with a 34mm tube to replace the Vixen. Lesson learned - buy once, cry once.

Oh that's interesting to hear. As far as I understand it I thought tube diameter was just for range of adjustment? I wonder if that was more the 3x lower range vs 4x higher mag?