Originally Posted By: rynokronNarrowed my options down to a Vortex Viper 2x7x32 or a Nikon Monarch 2x8x32. For you guys that look through alot of glass I'm wondering which one will be better. Going on my AR and will be used some at night. Most shots under 200 yards. Price is real close, so not a factor here. The only concern I have about the Vortex is it's a discontinued model so if it quits it will be replaced with a lower end model.
When I was first looking into Vortex optics I saw a lot of review comments about their customer service. When a discontinued model has a problem they send you the next higher grade, and in some cases will jump beyond that in the interest of very good customer service.
There are guys who bought the bottom end stuff and got way higher grade models than what they paid for. The lower end models may not be the best, but hey, what is? I thought that some of the people buying the bottom end had ridiculous expectations, but Vortex took care of them way better than they had any reason to expect. Guy buys a $150 scope, it doesn't have high end repeatability, they send him a new one, it doesn't do it and they sent him an $800 scope. He won the customer service lottery.