I had a bad, bad experience years ago with a "middle of the road" scope and vowed never to go back there again ... I agree with others who have already posted here. Stay away from the bottom end if at all possible. Good glass, high tech coatings, innovative optics, rugged construction, and excellent quality control are not low cost manufacturing "techniques".

I have one Elite 4200. Came on a used ML-10 I bought. Reluctantly, I left it there for this season. I am very pleased with this scope. Does it match up with the top end Zeiss and Swarovski scopes I have? No way. But I think it is a great buy.