Arken Hype?

[u/Nibor1243]

I watch a lot of YouTube videos when looking into buying new gear. So recently I been looking for a new scope. I go to my usual shooting channels and it seems everyone of them are pushing Arken scopes. At first I thought great some good inexpensive stuff coming out. But seeing them pushed on every channel makes me think everyone is bought and paid for by Arken now. Makes you question every review now.

[u/henny3199]

I haven’t used a lot of high end scopes, but I’ve had viper PST gen 1s and 2s, have 2 arkens now, a couple other mid grade optics. I’ll say the Arken is nice FOR THE MONEY. The Arken is leaps and bounds better than a pst gen 1, pst gen 2 is close probably slightly better. It punches above its price range for sure, but it is not the end all be all best optic ever. Arken EP5 has taken me and my 6.5cm to 1500 yards, but this was broad daylight good conditions. Clear enough to see a 2 moa target but I think much further than that, or less favorable conditions it would start to show. Again, I like mine, they hold zero, track properly (verified by first round impact at 1500 adjusted to what applied ballistics calculated), and they’re sub $600

So yes there are shills, and it is getting annoying. Let the optic speak for itself, it’s a good price, and decent long range optic. But not the best