Athlon Optics Ares ETR UHD vs. Vortex Razor GEN II 

Hows scope so far?

@@shaolinwarriormark absolutely loved it!!! Should the custom build after all!! Now have a razor gen 2 on my long range prs build

Is the reticle easy to see at 3x magnification for quick point and shoot hunting?

Quite a few of our prostaff team members competing in NRL22 and NRL22X chose the Ares ETR 4.5-30x56 . Having used it myself, I can say although the minimum parallax spec is 25 yards, I've never felt it a hinderance at 15 yards since we typically are not using it at 30X at that distance.

On pretty high on my Athlon.Cronus BTR however I'm not gonna trade downhill to the. ARES ETR Do for my new scopes I went with TRACT TORIC ELR

I did the same thing. Bought the Cronus BTR then Tract Toric ELR and boy, what a difference! I do believe the Ares ETR is the absolute best Chinese made scope though but simply can't beat Japan made scopes in it's price range.

I really wonder if the future Athlon Cronus rifle scopes will be switched over from Japan to made in China since their new gen 2 Cronus 20-60x85 spotting scope is now made in China and not Japan which really shocked me like how Vortex switched over their Razor spotting scope from Japan made to China.

There's customers who received their brand new Athlon Ares ETRs with specs in their lenses.

Way better quality and pride from Japanese manufacturing vs China as well.

A good comparison would be the Meopta Optika6 4.5-30x56 added to this group.

Exactly!!!! That is probably the key thing that sold me on the Razor a several months back (and just last week on a one of the new 5-25 x 56 Strike Eagle's for a cheaper hunting rifle that I needed new glass for) over the ETR. When I decided several months ago that it was time to finally upgrade / replace my 1st gen PST, I had started thinking of the things I didn't like and one thing that came to mind was my tendency to over dial and have to back up to my dope. I figured that a larger diameter turret would in theory at least help with this since there is more rotational distance between clicks to easier to be fast while still being precise. A friend of mine had just recently picked up a Gen 2 Razor and I talked him into letting my though it on my rifle and try it out. and _to me_ it was night and day different in how much more natural it felt to dial with the larger diameter turrets and with dialing fast, I only overshot my number once and that was the first time I had tried to dial fast on it. After shooting with it for just that one day, I was sold that I needed something with short fat turrets and after looking at everything I could find, the Gen 2 Razor was it. After seeing some of the early reviews on the ETR and handling one at a local gun show, it seemed like a good optic, especially since the retailer at the show was willing to let it go for an even $1k but it was the tall and fairly skinny (in my opinon) turrets that stopped me from buying it and ultimately lead to me picking up the Razor.

Lol who cares. That Athlon is a much better scope. I had a vortex razor. And it got water inside. And after sending in my 3rd vortex scope I said ba bye to vortex

Yup, they dropped the price on the Razor.

Where did you see itvat $900. I've not seen it at less than $1100.00 ???

I bought the Athlon Cronus BTR from Optics Planet for $1450.00

@@TexasTrained You can get the Leupold Mark 5 for around the same price, maybe a tad more.

Care to share where you can get a Razor HD Gen 2 for $1600 that is *_NOT_* the 1-6x24 or the 3-18x50! I'm pretty sure the video creator is trying to compare apples to apples here, not apples to oranges and thus the *_ONLY_* Razor that can be compared is the 4.5-27x56 thus keeping the same tube and objective size and "close" to same magnification range. The MSRP on the standard EBR reticle 4.5-27x56 is $2899.99 vs the $1499.99 for the ETR. Unless there is some new math that no one has told me about, thats *_MORE_* than $1k difference. $2K is about the cheapest I can find the a 4.5-27x56 Razor Gen 2 (regular every day street price) vs $1200 for the ETR (again, typical everyday street price...) I'm not talking about the occasional killer deal sales that come up from time to time. So why yes, still not $1k difference but $800 is still pretty close.

So what scope do you prefer?

@@TexasTrained he’s a troll.Don’t feed him.

Japanese vs Chinese manufacturing.

The Meopta Optika6 4.5-30x56 would be a very nice European competitor too.

Another troll.

No, they took a page out of Bushnell's play book and added better glass and more refined turrets. Basically Athlon improved on what Bushnell has done.

Speaking strictly about the $1000 and under Chinese made Bushnell's.

The Athlon Ares ETRs are hands down THE BEST CHINESE scopes than money can possibly buy. No other brand selling Chinese made scopes can beat them. We compared a lot of Chinese made scopes among many different brands against each other and nothing made in China sold by other brands could touch the Ares ETRs and I mean nothing. The Burris Signature HDs came pretty close though. I have to say that's it's impossible to beat even the cheaper Athlon Midas Tac 6-24x50 and Ares BTR 4.5-27x50 and yes they are Chinese too but nothing from other brands could beat or even come close to these in optical and mechanical performance and reliability at their price points and I honestly prefer Japan made scopes TBH and don't normally recommend Chinese made scopes but these specific Athlon scopes are the class leading examples of the absolute best that China has to offer period.