louu Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I just mounted it up and put the battery in. I turned it on the highest setting and the top vertical line lights up red with the dot. It gets dimmer at the lower settings and dissappears around 8, meaning on setting 8 the dot looks good and the top vertical line is black. Is this normal or did they miss with the black paint in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcfarland Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 The lines are not supposed to light up. There might be a bit of glare from the higher powers but not solid Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Are you in a dark room or outside in sunlight? I've seen a few optics where the illumination bleeds into other parts of the reticle when it's turned up unnecessarily high in less than bright conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertTortoise Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Call Vortex customer service, they'll fix you up fast. Should just be the center dot illuminated. Edited April 8, 2017 by DesertTortoise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louu Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) I was in the house with the lights on and the windows open looking outside on a mostly sunny day. I took it outside today, it's 100% sun and on 11 I can see the red in the top line a little but not on 10. Just want to know if anyone else who has this exact scope has the same problem. I don't think they are open today or I would call, I'll try Monday. Edited April 8, 2017 by louu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donald Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 15 hours ago, louu said: I was in the house with the lights on and the windows open looking outside on a mostly sunny day. I took it outside today, it's 100% sun and on 11 I can see the red in the top line a little but not on 10. Just want to know if anyone else who has this exact scope has the same problem. I don't think they are open today or I would call, I'll try Monday. I have had the same scope for years, only the dot lights up, call Vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaunk Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've got one and only the dot should be lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespid_Wasp Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I just got mine out of the safe to look. Currently in a room with somewhat dim lighting and looking at a night-time window. Mine shows red on the top part of the reticle at all the brightness settings that are currently too bright for what shooting conditions would be right now. The Razors illumination is so nuclear bright I don't think I have ever even used the 10 or 11 setting even shooting outside on brightly lit winter days with a bunch of snow cover. At matches in the daytime I typically wind up shooting it on 6 or 7, generally. I got out my Steiner T5Xi 1-5x and it also had illumination bleeding onto the top part of the reticle at the most intense brightness settings. I think it is normal to see reticle illumination bleeding like that if you turn them way up over what current conditions call for in regard to ideal brightness for the center dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosiershooter Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 It's normal turned up that high. It's bleed over onto the top stadia.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmshozer1 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 10 hours ago, Vespid_Wasp said: I just got mine out of the safe to look. Currently in a room with somewhat dim lighting and looking at a night-time window. Mine shows red on the top part of the reticle at all the brightness settings that are currently too bright for what shooting conditions would be right now. The Razors illumination is so nuclear bright I don't think I have ever even used the 10 or 11 setting even shooting outside on brightly lit winter days with a bunch of snow cover. At matches in the daytime I typically wind up shooting it on 6 or 7, generally. I got out my Steiner T5Xi 1-5x and it also had illumination bleeding onto the top part of the reticle at the most intense brightness settings. I think it is normal to see reticle illumination bleeding like that if you turn them way up over what current conditions call for in regard to ideal brightness for the center dot. Agree, Checked mine. Inside, bleed. Outside, no bleed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmshozer1 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Just now, dmshozer1 said: Agree, Checked mine. Inside, bleed. Outside, no bleed. Another check, Steiner PTx4. Very similar to a Razor as far as dot brightness. Inside, bleed. Outside, no bleed. All is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louu Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Awesome thank you guys. I just called Vortex and they said the same thing, I just had it up to high. He said if it was off to the side then it would need to go back. I never had any kind of red dot anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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