Optics VMX-3T 3X Red Dot Sight Magnifier with Built-in Flip Mount

The media could not be loaded. I paired this up with my Aimpoint Pro red dot optic sight and I am extremely happy with the result. My results at the range were exceptional and the scope is very good quality. I looked at the Vortex, Aimpoint and Eotech scopes and I checked them out in the gun stores locally to see the quality and the differences. I wanted to see the optical clarity and the eye relief distance and after my research the Vortex won. They were in my opinion all the same quality and the Vortex was 1/3 to ¼ of the price.The Vortex also came with a nicely designed mount that I used on my AR15 but I mounted it in reverse mode so that the scope swings out to the right and out of my left eye vision. Some people complained about the mounting hardware being loose and wobbly and that the way I mounted it was difficult to use. I had none of those problems, the mount is solid and well designed and flipping the scope to the right is simple and easy. I do it one handed and I show it in my video. I mounted it this way so my left eye vision field is clear and it works perfectly in this mode.I used the shim plate that comes with the scope and it worked perfectly. At the range I was shooting 5 shot patterns in the bull's eye with a spread of ¾ of an inch while standing up. The scope does have elevation and windage adjustments on it. It has nothing to do with the accuracy of the scope as the red dot is the accuracy setting. All you are doing is setting the red dot in the center of the scope and making sure that your field of vision down range is centered around the red dot. I used an Aimpoint Pro red dot scope that I own.There is a nut used to tighten the scope onto your rail and the nut is slotted. Do yourself a favor and tighten it by hand and then get a good wrench or socket and tighten it down. Don't use a screw driver and scratch up the mount. Don't crush your rail, but make it tight. After 200 rounds then check it and tighten it again because it can loosen on you from vibration.In my shooting I found that I had a 3 inch+ eye relief that worked well for an AR15. My success at the range was excellent and I had a great time. On the back of the scope is an adjustment to tune the optics to match your vision and that helps to make the target crystal clear and in focus.This is an excellent sight and I recommend it as I rate it at 5 stars. My only complaint with the scope is that it doesn't come with lens caps. I went out and purchased a Butler Creek Size 01 flip up lens cap and it fit perfectly. I cannot believe that Vortex makes lens caps and simply does not include them with the scope when you purchase it. Vortex, raise the price $20 and include the flip up lens caps.

Perfect with red dot

I have never been dissapointed with vortex optics. This was everything I could ask for for the price. Mounted it behind my strikefire2, I believe i said oh yea lol. Git perfectly even allowed me to close my lens covers on red dot and still fold down. Which provides lens cover for inside lens so you only really need one lens cover. Great product, would recommend to a friend and would replace if broken.

I've purchased and used many Vortex products in the past, and have always been widely impressed, especially at their low prices. This was the first vortex product that I was actually hesitant to buy. The Gold standard for 3x magnifiers these days seems to be the EOTech G33, which retails for $550-700. The most expensive part of a quality magnifier or scope is the lense, so typically when you find a less expensive scope or magnifier, it's because they saved money going with cheaper lenses, which results in less clarity. So, my fear was that this magnifier, being 1/3 the price, would teller l reflect that difference in clarity or visual defects.I am pleased to say that after receiving it, mounting it and spending some time using it, my fears couldn't have been more wrong.The lenses on this magnifier are nothing short of perfection. Their crystal clear and provide a perfect sight picture.The mount is extremely well built, very solid, and the flip-to-side mechanism functions as smooth as silk.I read another review on this magnifier before purchasing it where the owner had an issue with the magnifier blurring the dot of his optic. From my use with this, that all depended on two factors: brightness setting of the dot, and mounting distance between the magnifier and red dot. With the magnifier mounted close to the red dot, and the red dot set to a medium setting (which for the vortex strikefire 2 bright red model is anything less than the brightest two settings), there is no blurriness at all. If you set the red dot to the brightest two settings there is some blur, but that is present when looking through the red dot without the magnifier as well, and is just a result of how bright the optic is. There is also some blur to the dot if the magnifier is mounted too far away from the optic, though that is possible to largely fix my adjusting the focus of the magnifier.So, in short, as long as the magnifier and optic are mounted properly together, and the optic isn't set ultra bright, I haven't had any issue with blur at all.My only complaint at all with this magnifier (or the Vortex red dots I've used) is that their mounts aren't Quick Detach. With that said, for the price they retail, I wouldn't expect them to be QD, and ito a complaint easily remedied by purchasing a $10 QD mount from Amazon. Even with the added cost of that mount, I'm still at a fraction of the cost of the G33 or similar competition, with all of the quality and competition.I can't recommend this enough.

It's pretty good for its price range. The glass quality is decent and it lines up with absolute height dots on the stock mount. The eye relief is not the best. It works with the Arisaka low magnifier mount for Eotech without issue, though I do wish the stock mount opened in the other direction.

I am a vortex fan, and I bought this to complement my Vortex AMG UH-1 Gen II Holographic Sight. I truly like this optic it is simple, fast, and effective, it has a push button to engage and disengage the flip mount. The lens is multi-coated maximizing resolution, light gathering capability, and color fidelity, it does not require any special sight-in. It has dot centering screws, it is nitrogen purged for making it waterproof and Fog proof. It allows for lower 1/3 or absolute co-witness mounting heights to increase the effective range of sights. It comes with a fully transferable promise, unlimited, and unconditional lifetime warranty.One note is to be sure that if using other sights you may need to have a higher mount to get the sight and magnifier to line up correctly.I would absolutely buy it again if I needed another magnifier.