id go with the vari-x II..if you really want to save some money go with a used one if you can find one...a guy i know owns a gun shop and any gun that he gets with a leupold he takes off and sells them seperatly..sells a used one for 165 usually..which is a steal being they have a lifetime warrenty...saved me a heck of alot of money i didnt have..took me almost all summer to save up my grass cutting money to buy the one i did for 150...i used mune for a season now and it worked great..clear as a bell too..