I always had Leupold!A friend and I were hunting late one evening and some deer showed up just around dusk. We compaired my 3-9 Vari-X III 40mm to his 3-9 40mm Zeiss Conquest!!! The Zeiss Conquest won hand's down. I purchased my first Zeiss in January of this year from a guy that sells NIB scopes with full warantyonE-bay. I saved $75.00,that's hard to beat! If you interested,let me know and I'll send you the link...