Would you buy this scope?

[3gunyotehtr]

I would also be more than happy to pre-pay the full price.

 

[swavescatter]

Does it ever cross anyone's mind that you're paying extra for the "amazing" warranty? Same as the extra protection you can purchase at stores for electronics, phones, etc. People love the warm fuzzy feeling they get from knowing something will be replaced if they break it. If it's something you can afford to fix/replace out of pocket, the extended warranties are generally not worth it. These are huge moneymakers or they wouldn't be offering them.

Give me a good product at a fair price that I won't need to send into to get fixed. Any reputable company will fix anything that has a manufacturing defect. Warranties are mainly a sales tactic. Maybe they used to be to back up a stellar product but now the MO seems to be to offer a mediocre product with an "amazing" warranty with enough markup to cover the warrantied items and a large profit margin because people rave about the amazing warranty and it sells products.

If you’re paying MSRP for vortex you didn’t do any research - they’re frequently like 40% off. But on the flip side, you can buy used for even cheaper with full confidence. Their optics are perfectly fine, with price categories that hunters trying to make ends meet can get into. This argument doesn’t hold water.

Any elitist hunter that NEEDS swaro glass to kill a deer is a dork. Know your equipment, know its limitations and go kill stuff.

I appreciate companies out there making good warranty and good CS a requisite to be in this business. I do think rifle scopes specifically need to hold zero, but almost all other features are nice to haves. I can’t wait until vortex starts making tough scopes with decent reticles.

 

[atmat]

Assuming this will apply to the S2H scope as well?

I understand that the ZeroTech info is new and hadn’t seen a mention of any warranty related info yet (may have missed it).

Also assuming that warranty will be handled through ZeroTech and not a vendor/distributor?

On the podcast they said it would apply to the new scope, that ZeroTech manages all of it, that they would likely just flat replace instead of repair, and that they have a distributor in the US. So, I wouldn’t worry much about it.

 

[Castle Rock]

Zero Tec have really captured the market in Australia in recent years, they are the most stocked scope on dealer shelves.
I know a couple of blokes that use them in competition and they seem to work well.

 

[HighUintas]

here's to ZT knocking vortex and Leupold off the throne.

 

[BLJ]

On the podcast they said it would apply to the new scope, that ZeroTech manages all of it, that they would likely just flat replace instead of repair, and that they have a distributor in the US. So, I wouldn’t worry much about it.

Perfect.

Thank you.

 

[BLJ]

@atmat

Did they mention anything about where they would be available from?

I see ZeroTech scopes on Optics Planet and Amazon.

I know this is a bit different situation, but I happen to know someone who is a Prime member.