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10.5 is average.... whew no wonder why my wife is always disappointed

Your honesty and integrity do not go unnoticed sir. Keep it up

I like how u mentioned the fake data of the FOV, I have always felt like their advertisement are shady dodgy however u call it and that shows it. Thank you very much for reviewing, great vid as always!

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Great video and thanks for the mention! When it shifted POA/POI for me, it was probably the mount that tweaked as well. Again. Great video.

Videos and quality getting better and better. Honesty and Integrity are still tops! Thank you sir for what you do.

Thank you for the great, even-handed, clear, and positive video! I just bought one of these for C_DOES to test, drop shipped, because of your review. He does optical only testing, so should complement your hard-use testing well!

I really like the C_Does style run through on the optic. that goes a long way to see what the scope is really like.

Don’t think I didn’t catch that fire Halo Reach soundtrack at the beginning of the episode. Excellent taste sir

Got mine for 327$ with Tennessee tax and Cyclops code 1/4 off …. I have Strike Eagle 1-8 (worst of the bunch), Delta Stryker 1-6(best of the bunch), Continental 1-6 (really good) and Swampfox 1-10 (better than SE)to check against and honestly. I really like it (2nd to 3rd behind Delta Stryker)

Thank you for giving honest reviews and being willing to build your channel with some good ol’fashioned Tegridy bro. I think going from a PA to this would be a lateral move. Venom is kinda wild. I think Arken was trying to put their own spin on a bunch of hijacked reticle components and slap it into a 1-8x28 and steal the poors market share by looking like it might have some features of a Razor or EoTech 1-10x28. No comparison. I’m gonna stick with my PSTs. I feel like they do everything I want and have good enough glass to match and exceed my capabilities. Although I am looking forward to Q2’s PLXC 1-8x Nova release. If I get one, I’d love to see it reviewed. Saving my Pennie’s and dimes for that $1500 glass.

Thank you for spending your time and money to provide these types of honest reviews. Look forward to the quad stack lower and possibly wlvn review 🤞 coming soon!

Glad that I didn’t pull the trigger on this and bought the Venom 1-6 per your recommendation! It is pretty awesome and amazing for the price point!

Wish one of these companies would make a simplified and lightweight scope 1-4 or 1-6. Acog style reticle. I don't want or need a Christmas tree recticle. Chevron or Triangle would be good.

Please keep the Halo Reach sound track going 🔥

Theres my Halo OST PTSD! Remember Reach, and good video as always.

I just got me a EP8. It was sweet looking. But right out of the box the illumination would come and go and now its inop. Arkens told me to bend the battery cap tabs, and clean out using a q-tip and they said they have seen this a few times now. Once that didn't work and I requested a replacement, all emails stopped. The same day i got a review email where I gave it a one star. That was 3 days ago and my review still isn't posted. Im figuring there is many bad review but they are not letting them be seen. There seems to be alot out there that work great. But just know if it don't work right, Arken will leave you hanging. Being I now have to go out and buy a LPVO that works, I would recommend just going out and buying a good optic from a company that has good customer service. Arken Optics isn't that company! Good video man!

Reach and MW2 music? I think I'm in love. Great video

Great review as always, thanks.

Awesome, honest review. Thank you.

Thank you for not being a sellout! Too many people these days can be bought. Luckily I didn’t end up buying the EP8 upon release, went with the Vortex strike eagle. Hopefully the second gen EP8 won’t be a let down.

Thank you for the review, i was wafor this review 💪🏾

Thanks for the honest review. I was looking for it. I watched some crazy reviews about it even comparing it with the pa plx 1-8 and I was skeptical about it. I almost got it but I pressed the brakes because the increased the price. I’ll pass on it now. Thanks.

If they just put a simple mil or moa reticle in this, it would dominate.

A few months back, I picked up the Swampfox Warhorse 1-6x FFP. I've been pretty curious to how the Warhorse compares to the Arken EP-8. The EP-8 seem pretty.. OK for the price, tbh. And I mean the discounted price, not the MSRP asking price.. especially for being FFP. It's does have it's short comings. I've been looking at picking the EP-8 up and probably will eventually.. And I'll make sure to avoid the Arken mount. 🤘🤘

The freakin lumen stick in the background is pretty cool. Lit you might even say.

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Great video! I have been waiting for an honest review. RTT did a great job too. I think if I’m in the market for another LPVO I may give this one a try. I’ll wait to pass that judgement after next weeks review. I like how it survived the drop test. Side note, is that a MagPul bipod? If so, what one and did you do a review on it?

Great informative Video my friend and they are currently 299 on the Arken Website. I only have a few LPVO’s but my Sightmark Citadel 1-10 is my favorite and I’m definitely a Budget Guy when it comes to Optics, I just don’t have a need for Top Tier and 3 to 4 Bills is about my Cap. I’m looking at the Citadel and the Sig 1-6 or 1-8’s now but happened upon this so thank you for the Honest Review. I really don’t like that Reticle lol I’m used to my Dots from the late 80’s…..

Great content per usual always honest and straightforward! Thanks!

love the halo reach music

I'd like you to take the Happy Meal magnifying glass out to 930 yards on the 6.5 creedmoor.

Vortex Venom Vs the Vortex Strike Eagle would be a great comparison. The Arken EP-8 Looks fine for what it is, but at its current price point I couldn't justify it. I'm still poor.

“Japanese Glass” -“The (marketing) Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded” - Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi. Thanks for looking out for us!

I have a hard time trusting anything Arken. I purchased one of their scopes a couple years ago and was immediately grossed out by the glass quality. I did some digging and found out about all of their scummy marketing. I returned it and bought a clearance Viper PST G2 4-16 and was blown away at how much better the glass was. Hell, how much better everything was. On clearance the Viper was $440, so almost a straight trade.

I wonder if you ever seen the swampfox warhorse or the new gen2 swampfox tomahawk, cause im curious on how those hold up for the budget category

Yeasssss! Been waiting for this review to drop

Not bad. You can have several ranging measurements for different angels and positions, all in the aimming point of the reticle. In lieu off having to go to anther part of the scooe to range and then move back thethe aimming point. Deer and boars can be measured as well. Plus if you true your zero at 600yds, no matter what velocities or atmospherics, you will be on. Great reticle!

Just mounted up a Vortex Venom 1-6 per your latest review on it. The fine increments/stadia of the BDC are superior to the PA Nova, but the nova's fiber optic center dot is preferable IMHO. For those on the fence, preference of reticles and stadia may make or break depending on application. Thanks as always for all you do. - Godspeed

Good video with lots of nuance, like always.

how would you say the glass compares to the primary arms SLx 1-6x gen IV Nova?

Great video as always brother!!!

Love RTT, great guy and great video as always.

Id love to see you review "Atibal Optics". I get ads for them on Facebook but there isnt much info on KZfaq. They seem to push "quality on a budget" as their overall ethos as well. I think everyone is looking for those unicorns where you pay $500 but get something that competes with the $1500 price range.

I currently run this optic on a 14.5 Daniel. It is fantastic for what I do with it. I got it for $400 with the mount included and I think that is excellent value. Yes there are better LPVOs I totally agree, but it becomes “diminishing returns” at that point for my use case. (I’m just a guy who hunts and shoots fairly often and this EP-8 works in multiple scenarios for what I do) Excellent review. - glad the optic is tough. 😂

I have one and got it for 200 dollars. It actually works really well for me but the BDC just seems off. I hit at 500 with the reticule at the 600 mark. It works fine to dial though.

Love the honesty on all your reviews.

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Good review! Glad you finally picked up an Arken EP-8 to understand that it is in fact the "King of the Poors" and demands respect for that reason. As someone who owns a Vortex Strike Eagle SFP 1-8x and an EP-8 I can tell you that the Vortex sucks ass compared to the Arken. Still debating if I should buy a 2nd Ep-8 or save up for something more expensive?

Call me biased, but for the $, I would go with the PA Nova ACSS 1-6x SFP. Seems like a “cheap” option for an LPVO in FFP is a pipe dream. Either pony up the $ for something more expensive and better quality, or get something budget friendly SFP, like a delta Stryker or PA NOVA ACSS, vortex PST, etc. and get some training & practice then go from there. Literally anything comment 😅

Dude love the halo reach music and the scope awesome

Man... your reviews are awesome... not buying a product before checking om your reviews... by the way Romeo 5 XDR and MSR sig 1-6 got both and they are great as you reviewed them.

I like muddy waters & Happy Meals. And my Sig MSR 1-6. Thanks for the share!!

Sub earned here. Reslly appreciate the honesty

Very professional, informative review.

I will comment a comment, rather than anything :) Edit: noooo! I wanna know about that Vortex right now!

Please do a quick comparison between the Vortex Venom and the Vector Continental 1-6i when you review the Venom. Keep up the great work!

RTT video on Arken’s 1-8x scope: the scope failed the drop test; it was off by 9 inches.

BTW on their website in the questions area - the support guy stated a MIL Variant is coming

The Vortex Viper Pst 1-6x24 is the best LPVO I own, I have a couple of Strike Eagle's and a PA SLx 1-6 which all have worked well, but I would really like to step up to the Primary Arms compact PLXC 1-8x24.

Was just looking at this scope

That mount shows how much you could f-up your scope's sight line by incorrect scope mounting. That scope bent quite a bit to allow that mount failure.

John, Do you rank Venom # 1, Continental # 2, EP-8 # 3?

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Oh man, glad I watched this I thought the arken mount was solid, good to know I should replace it

Hell yeah for South Dakota!!!

that south Dakota farmer is wondering why this new guy to the aera is on overwatch on my farm 😂😂just kidding. ive folled you since u were talking about the air filter on ur fird focus and the stevens 320lol. i got 1 of ur 1st 11.5 uppers and its still going strong. great video. alot of ppl glazing arken. which imo actually hurt them bc they believed their own hype and raised pricing way too much.i almost bougjt that lpvo but my son got me a sig 1-10 which is a decent budget optic. i guees. but after arkens price hike im glad i got the sig 1-10 now. anyways,congrats on the channel and thanks for all the info. hope u like the new place 2.

This optic is what pew view recommends

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i got mine at the $300 price and would easily agree to what you said about the price increase 300 I'm fine with but higher would put it in the wrong category for its performance other wise I'm content with how it performs

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I still think the Vortex PST GenII 1-6 is the gold standard in the sub $700 LPVO category. Probably why I own 3 of them.

I still think the pst gen2 and px4i are kings of the 500-1000 range. I really like arkens 5-25 and have extensive experience long range with it. I was hoping the lpvo would be that good

Without removing anything, they should add some Mil lines.

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Thanks!

I feel like these videos cause the optics to jump in prices. Every time I go to check, the price is 150+ higher than the prices mentioned in the videos.

F T ? This optic for 300 or the 1-6 slx primary gen 4 or the vortex venom … your valued opinion … hunting predators coyotes mainly inside of 300 yards on a 6.5 grendel 18 inch ar platform. All are below 400 dollar’s or is there something else I am missing out on.

I watched that video of that man that sent you that scope he drop test and mess the scope up it was off about 8 inches did you zero it again and if did how did it group you know what your ar groups are i drop mine from 6 feet and it didn't do anything to my zero great video

Durability is highly overlooked.. And I think this looks like a tank

Any recommendations on budget friendly, close range, point shooting laser? Something for room clearing or something similar. Not night vision or laser designation.

For the algorithm 👍🏽

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Oooh quad stacker

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I jumped on the pre-order for this. The current price for this is nowhere near being worth. Even at the price I paid im still very disappointed. I wish they wouldn't have made their first LPVO a ffp 8x but rather a sfp 6x. The 8x in mine is rather poor and the 1x you have to really play with the diopter to make it remotely usable.

Ayyyy

Was looking up less popular scope brands and found Shepherd Scopes. You have any opinions on their LVPOs?

The Venom is SFP tho. Does that make the EP8 the winner for FFP scopes?

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Someone at my gun club had one of these and I got to shoot with it. I did not like the reticle. Glass was OK.

"kys compromise box"😂

Out of curiosity how would you compare this to the primary arms nova. Glass quality wise and FOV?

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Credo 1-6 and Delta Stryke HD are solid options in the 6-8oo range. I'd take a PST 1-6 over the arken.

I had an Arken, felt super tunnel vision to me tbh

You could always buy your own (of everything) if you want to truly rave about your impartiality.

Soooo I know they are opposite ends of the spectrum as far as price, but it is kinda a budget EOTech VUDU. I would watch that review just for kicks and grins

Haven't heard this music since I was quite literally a kid lol, rip the worst warthog driver ever, had a robot arm and couldn't steer for shit.