If you want useful, respectable illumination... this isn't it - ZeroTech Optics Trace ED 1-10x24mm 34mm Tube Rifle Scope, First Focal Plane

You might have caught the couple reviews of this scope on YouTube and thought to yourself... maybe this is a diamond in the rough! It isn't. First of all, it weighs a metric ton. Second of all, the illumination bafflingly attempts to (key words) light up the entire tree in the reticle and does a terrible job of it. Nobody is going to effectively use a reticle tree in the dark, when you can barely actually see the tree illumination, and it's basically not noticeable during the day. The button-activated illumination has 5 settings... this is... fine... you'll actually probably like that over having to spin a dial, especially the dials that make you spin all the way around to turn it off. You'll hate holding the button down for 5 seconds to turn it off... because you'll forget to do so. The center illumination isn't bad, really, even in daylight (you can see it... not well... but you can)... but the tree also being lit up in any condition you can see it creates a ridiculous distraction. Also, the illumination causes the reticle to visually change from sharp to oddly blurred, probably a consequence of the bleed off of the light that spreads to the tree. Illumination is a fail on this. The turrets are tactile, but inconsistently so... there's a defined click on each but some clicks take less effort than another so you find yourself turning past your intended adjustment point every time. For a discounted cost, that's acceptable. Does it track well? Well... shooting out to 500 yards it seems to have tracked appropriately but every third or so tick mark doesn't line up exactly to the reference line on the scope so you even if it does track well, you find yourself frustrated with that. The asking price of this scope is a hard no; half that price and it's fine. The glass, overall, as far as I can tell so far... is... surprisingly not bad. It's not EO Tech Vudu 1-10 good... but it's more than good enough. I can see detail far out well enough. I like that it came with metal scope caps... probably added a lot to the weight. I'm going to suggest you save your money and get the PA or even higher end... this is basically the same as an Athlon (same Chinese factory).