Improvement over 1-6, excellent serious use optic - Trijicon VCOG VC18 1-8x28mm Rifle Scope, 34 mm Tube, First Focal Plane (FFP)

The original VCOG is a good optic but this improved and is a great optic. Glass quality is very good and this thing is tough and rugged. The original had the cons of not being bright, heavy, and costly. The brightness has been fixed and offers an Eotech like reticle on 1x. The center dot is a bit small on 1x but the reticle on 8x is great and offers an improvement over the 1-8 Accupower reticle. People will day it’s heavy, and it is but when you factor is has a built in mount and most mounts weight 7 or 8 oz its with in 2-3 oz of other optics when they get a mount. As far as price goes it Is expensive but it’s a 1-8 FFP with a built in mount. I bought this for my work optic since Elcans suck. You can passively aim through nods with this optic. It is water proof to 20m so you don’t have to worry as much for maritime stuff as other LPVO’s.