Red potato scope ... - Aimpoint PRO 1x38mm Reflex Red Dot Sight

I really can't figure out why everyone raves about this product unless it's really a statement about how bad all the competition is... Build quality is good, but the optics are terrible. The red dot is only correctly formed, i.e., something which approximates a red "dot", at the lower power "daylight" settings. As the power is turned up, either the optics "train" actually defocuses the "dot" turning it into a red potato, or the loss of coherence is starting, or both. At the max setting, the laser diode definitely becomes saturated and spills light everywhere. All the "glitter" is from the diode losing coherence coupled with poor optics scattering light everywhere.

Does anybody know of a red dot product built by real optics engineers?