I only had it briefly, a more thorough review will come when I can get a t&e sample to get to the range. A Swarovski rep had it, I'm a field tech so I had a chance to look at it. sadly I couldn't get away with it to shoot it. I didn't pay anything for it, but I'll find pricing out if you like. I'll compare it to some others, but I can tell you I was more impressed with this scope that the other 1-8 scopes I've seen so far. it was also lighter than the scopes I've seen so far, and it has a 30mm tube rather than a 34mm, which is unique because the other 1-8 scopes i've seen are all 34mm. if your familiar with the 1-6 z6i from swarovski, this is a little sleeker, more feature rich, high magnification version of the same quality you expect out of the 1-6. I expect it will have better turrets than the 1-6, they certainly felt good, but gota wait to get it on the range.
1x looked good, I didn't see any distortion, it was crisp and clear, nice wide fov, i looked around with both eyes open, seems like it will be just as fast as the 1-6. I was impressed with the eye box on 8x, with that small objective, I thought it would be touchy, but I didn't find that to be the case, even considering I was hand holding the scope and didn't have it mounted on a rifle. I hope to see the IF reticle change feature in more reticles, i really liked that
I'll have a minox 1-8 in soon, and a burris 1-8 as well, so we can see how they will all stack up soon.