No illumination - TruGlo Tru-Brite 1-6x24mm Rifle Scope

WOW, I bought this thing based on reviews from THIS site. I'm confused because almost every review is good.... DO you people never go outside with this? I found the illumination to be basically non existent in sunlight. I mean really,,,,,, non existent. May be the only people that have this go to an indoor range? Thats the only way I see the illumination working.. I changed the battery thinking that was the problem. NOPE . The crosshair reticle was smaller than expected. The quality seemed good and it was nice that it came with the offset mount (but HEAVY). But there is no way this thing was tested out in the REAL world and thats why I trust reviews here instead of AMAZON. Pretty disappointing.