Who has a Vortex Strikefire - Questions for you

[pitbull30]

I picked up a Vortex Strikefire Red/Green dot on sale from a PSA daily deal for a little over a hundred bucks shipped. I received it and the dot appeared to be more of a small blob and not very solid. PSA took it back no questions asked and sent me a new one before I even sent back the old one. I received the replacement and it looks the same.

I had several people look at it and they say the same thing.

Is this just the way they are or what? On a side note how do you like it? I know the controls are kind of odd, but how is it holding up?

[cantcme]

I had one. That's how mine looked and it worked fine. Get an aim point if you want a clean circle

[awiner]

The Votrex and the EOtechs are like this.

The situation is made even worse if your eyesight is not 20/20 or you have other sight related issues.

[Garyson1311]

I have a strikefire (Red dot only) and I think its great. The way the dot looks doesn't really bug me.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

You probably returned a Strikefire that had nothing wrong with it. They are good optics and a great value at that price point. If you want something nicer spend more money.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I have a Vortex Sparc now and I like it better than the Strikefire. Neither compares to my Aimpoint Pro but they were less than half the price.

[pitbull30]

It doesn't bother me I was just wondering if that was a flaw or the way it should look.

Thanks for the input.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

It is solid, and will stand up to plenty of abuse. If I had any gripe with the Vortex the mounting screws get chewed up if you aren't careful. Either hand tighten only or use something that won't chew upthe bolts.

[Hoologan]

Mine is the same. It bothers me a bit, but not enough to buy a $500 optic.

[JagerDog]

Mine looks like a few dots close together, especially if I have it set a bit too bright. I've been told this is mainly due to astigmatism. I just use it as if it was a bigger MOA dot.

My Sightron is crisper.

[Dinosaur Jr]

Mine looks like a few dots close together, especially if I have it set a bit too bright. I've been told this is mainly due to astigmatism. I just use it as if it was a bigger MOA dot.

My Sightron is crisper.

If you're looking thru your optic with uncorrected eyeballs, especially astigmatism, it does a great job of blurring and doubling any reticle. My EOTech reticles look like poo without my specs. Wearing your prescription will help. Keep the dot brightness to just what is needed to be useable and that should go a long way to improve the dot's appearance.

[JackRydden224]

The strikefire works fine in the sun. I don't have one but I have shot rifles with the strikefire on it in multiple occasions. I have astigmatism and the weird thing is that looking through a RDS indoors vs outdoors is completely different. When I looked through Aimpoints and the Strikefire indoors I saw sunburst but when I look through them outdoors they look like perfectly round dots.

[uechikid]

When I first got my strike fire I noticed that the dot was a little oblong. When my wife looked through it she didn't see what I was seeing. I called Vortex and the first thing they asked me was "do you have an astigmatism". I do, and was told that, that can affect the shape of the dot. I posted about this here and a number of people verified that the problem might very well be my astigmatism. Especially since the dot look fine to my wife.

[pitbull30]

When I first got my strike fire I noticed that the dot was a little oblong. When my wife looked through it she didn't see what I was seeing. I called Vortex and the first thing they asked me was "do you have an astigmatism". I do, and was told that, that can affect the shape of the dot. I posted about this here and a number of people verified that the problem might very well be my astigmatism. Especially since the dot look fine to my wife.

Thanks for the reply. I don't have astigmatism. 20/20 vision. Based on the other replies it sounds like it is correct. I should have asked you guys on the first one. I'm going to give it a run and eventually report back after many rounds (if ammo prices are decent) or if i destroy it.

Jack - You aren't allowed to post in my crappy topics with that ballet tutu uniform on.

[MaHoTex]

Thanks for the reply. I don't have astigmatism. 20/20 vision. Based on the other replies it sounds like it is correct. I should have asked you guys on the first one. I'm going to give it a run and eventually report back after many rounds (if ammo prices are decent) or if i destroy it.

Jack - You aren't allowed to post in my crappy topics with that ballet tutu uniform on.

20/20 vision here too with astigmatism... Astigmatism does not mean your vision is not 20/20.

And...... The Vortex strikefire is great.