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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1466369" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>My experience is with comparing the z6 5-30X50 and z8i 2.7-18X56 with my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. My experience with z5 5-25X52 is with a couple seasons hunting three different states; so it saw lots of action. I had four of these trying to get one with better glass than my 6500. Didn't happen, but I kept the last one because it was four ounces lighter than the Bushnell. It had the ballistic turret. Twice it had to go back to customer service. Both times the note in the box told me the erector failed and was replaced. The owner of the z6 and z8i and I agreed the Bushnell has better glass than the z6. He sold it asap. The z8i smoked my Bushnell in the low light test by twenty minutes. The Bushnell beat the z6 by nine minutes. You don't get what you pay for you get what you shop for.</p><p></p><p>Main differences, I guess, is glass quality. The z8i is more like the Schmitt & Bender 12-50X I compared with my Bushnell. Normally I have to switch back and forth to see a difference. With both of these there was no need to switch. Instantly they were noticeably better.</p><p></p><p>I have almost fifty pages of comparing optics. Often the comparison includes my son-in-law or adult grandson. Occasionally the owner is there to put in his two cents worth. All are welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1466369, member: 70559"] My experience is with comparing the z6 5-30X50 and z8i 2.7-18X56 with my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. My experience with z5 5-25X52 is with a couple seasons hunting three different states; so it saw lots of action. I had four of these trying to get one with better glass than my 6500. Didn't happen, but I kept the last one because it was four ounces lighter than the Bushnell. It had the ballistic turret. Twice it had to go back to customer service. Both times the note in the box told me the erector failed and was replaced. The owner of the z6 and z8i and I agreed the Bushnell has better glass than the z6. He sold it asap. The z8i smoked my Bushnell in the low light test by twenty minutes. The Bushnell beat the z6 by nine minutes. You don't get what you pay for you get what you shop for. Main differences, I guess, is glass quality. The z8i is more like the Schmitt & Bender 12-50X I compared with my Bushnell. Normally I have to switch back and forth to see a difference. With both of these there was no need to switch. Instantly they were noticeably better. I have almost fifty pages of comparing optics. Often the comparison includes my son-in-law or adult grandson. Occasionally the owner is there to put in his two cents worth. All are welcome. [/QUOTE]
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