I had a single dot no magnification on my old Horton for a long time and it worked good. I did not like the multi-dot ones because my friends said the dots would blend together real easy in low light conditions and sometimes make it hard to see the deer well, and it appeared to be that way when I shot his bow the few times that I did. I wanted more than one aiming point so I switched to a Excal varizone and have been loving it. Compared to some of the higher end scopes it is of OK quality and suits me just fine. The thing I like about it best is having a four aiming points that are dead nuts on, it is adjustable for any CB speed. The other thing I disliked about a red dot was my human factor on it. It is a total bummer to climb up your tree and get set up only to realize you left the thing on the last time you hunted and now its dead and you are SOL! Always my fault, but it sucked!