Zeiss Conquest Duralyte

[kamlooky]

This article was in the Rifleshooter magazine.
I figured it was worth a post.

Zeiss Conquest Duralyte is one of the products covered by the company's new No-Fault Policy.

Reporting from SHOT Show 2012—In addition to the standard limited lifetime warranty on its products, Zeiss has announced a new No Fault Policy. Zeiss will now repair or replace any new Conquest HD binocular or Conquest Duralyt riflescope damaged during normal, intended use at no charge for the first five years. (“Normal, intended use” means, for example, dropping said optics out of a tree stand as opposed to, say, dropping them off a barstool. You get the idea.)

The Zeiss No Fault Policy is an impressive, possibly unprecedented deal. Company folks I spoke to said they instituted the new policy because they didn’t think it’s fair that a hunter or shooter spends the kind of money Zeiss products command (even the relatively less expensive ones) and then is either deprived of being able to use said product or has to scrape up that kind of cash again.

Shooters and hunters win because they know Zeiss has their backs. Zeiss wins because this is the kind of initiative that will help convince riflemen to buy and use their products.

 

[dewberry]

This was big news at the Zeiss booth. I know guys that have broken Zeiss stuff falling down mountains or driving over it and Zeiss has always warrantied it. I don't see how they could get any better.
The new scopes and binos were very impressive!

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

Their trying to grab Leupolds market-share, no mystery there.
DuraLYT give me a f@ckin' break!

"Zeiss wins because this is the kind of initiative that will help convince riflemen to buy and use their products"

17 ounces for a non-illuminated Duralyt 1.2 - 5 x 36
Even with the 30mm tube it would have to outperform my VX-3 2.5-8 X 36 by a pretty wide margin before this rifleman is convinced to plop that porker on one of my hunting rifles.

I wouldn't ever claim Leupold was the best bang for your buck, but they're trimmer, cleaner and considerably lighter than the competition, with optical quality at least equal to most in their class with a bazillion options.
They have always had their finger on the pulse of the North American market.
If a Leupold VX-3 isn't european enough for ya, get it with a german #4 reticule.

 

[dewberry]

Their trying to grab Leupolds market-share, no mystery there.
DuraLYT give me a f@ckin' break!

"Zeiss wins because this is the kind of initiative that will help convince riflemen to buy and use their products"

17 ounces for a non-illuminated Duralyt 1.2 - 5 x 36
Even with the 30mm tube it would have to outperform my VX-3 2.5-8 X 36 by a pretty wide margin before this rifleman is convinced to plop that porker on one of my hunting rifles.

I wouldn't ever claim Leupold was the best bang for your buck, but they're trimmer, cleaner and considerably lighter than the competition, with optical quality at least equal to most in their class with a bazillion options.
They have always had their finger on the pulse of the North American market.
If a Leupold VX-3 isn't european enough for ya, get it with a german #4 reticule.

Actually the LYT refers to the lighted reticle and not the weight. When I asked why the non illuminated were also tagged with the LYT I was told "marketing"

 

[saskcop]

I would take Zeiss glass over Leupold just about every time.

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

I would take Zeiss glass over Leupold just about every time.

I would take one if it was given to me and I was hunting on the prairies.

Topics been beaten to death over on the 'fire, with the general consensus being that optical quality between the VX-3 and Conquest is very similar, maybe the etched reticule on the Conquest gives you an extra 5.5647 seconds of shooting light?
Chevy vs Ford really.
Couple of the resident range-fudds I know have Conquests, and like to talk about them being superior because they're a German product.
Guess nobody told them they aren't even sold in Germany, and that even though the lenses get shipped from Schott the raw glass is bought from all over. They're no Diavari.

Buy an NCStar scope...at least you know exactly where everything comes from and where it's manufactured!

 

[dewberry]

I would take one if it was given to me and I was hunting on the prairies.

Topics been beaten to death over on the 'fire, with the general consensus being that optical quality between the VX-3 and Conquest is very similar, maybe the etched reticule on the Conquest gives you an extra 5.5647 seconds of shooting light?
Chevy vs Ford really.
Couple of the resident range-fudds I know have Conquests, and like to talk about them being superior because they're a German product.
Guess nobody told them they aren't even sold in Germany, and that even though the lenses get shipped from Schott the raw glass is bought from all over. They're no Diavari.

Buy an NCStar scope...at least you know exactly where everything comes from and where it's manufactured!

But these Conquest Dialyts are made in Germany from much higher quality glass. Similar I'm told to the current Diavari glass.

 

[saskcop]

I would take one if it was given to me and I was hunting on the prairies.

Topics been beaten to death over on the 'fire, with the general consensus being that optical quality between the VX-3 and Conquest is very similar, maybe the etched reticule on the Conquest gives you an extra 5.5647 seconds of shooting light?
Chevy vs Ford really.
Couple of the resident range-fudds I know have Conquests, and like to talk about them being superior because they're a German product.
Guess nobody told them they aren't even sold in Germany, and that even though the lenses get shipped from Schott the raw glass is bought from all over. They're no Diavari.

Buy an NCStar scope...at least you know exactly where everything comes from and where it's manufactured!

Do you know why they are not sold in Germany or did your range fudd authorities not tell you?

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

Do you know why they are not sold in Germany or did your range fudd authorities not tell you?

You tell me, A or B?

A= Developed exclusively for the North American market?

B= Not considered high enough quality for the domestic market in Europe?

 

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

But these Conquest Dialyts are made in Germany from much higher quality glass. Similar I'm told to the current Diavari glass.

I have never looked through a Dialyt so I can't comment on the quality, I admittedly strayed off-topic on the Conquest rant.

 

[saskcop]

From what I have heard, neither A nor B. Correct me if I am incorrect, but the story I heard was that Conquest scopes are made in Europe, but assembled in the USA to avoid the incredibly high German union wages; thus much more cost effective assembly and good quality at lower prices. They are not just for North America. One of my hunting partners is from South Africa and he uses Conquests there too. They are considered top notch by many PH's apparently.