I have this same unit and contrary to what many people post, the scope and the IR light that come with it are quite nice and effective. When the light is dialed in and mounted properly I can see wood fence posts out past 400 yards. When I say mounted properly I mean that the light should be mounted out towards the end of your barrel and the beam should be focused fairly tight. I actually have the beam on mine set as tight as it will focus. This is to prevent the IR light from hitting any parts of your gun and reflecting back to the scope. When this happens the view sucks because it's washed out really bad and you can't see squat.
If I had it all to do over again though, I would buy the 3-14 version of the scope. I rarely, even during daytime use, ever go above 14x magnification with mine.
Another word of advice is this. The scope should have come with a sunshade and lense cover with a hole in it that is about 1/4" in diameter. During daytime use, use both. ESPECIALLY the lense cover with the hole in it. It makes a world of difference in picture clarity.