Every Leupold RF I have ever looked through was junk, however I will say that the new Leupold RX-1000i TBR appears to be a step above their old schit. I work at Dicks Sporting goods part time and get to play with a variety of stuff and I have been impressed with this New Leupy RF. The first thing that gets your attention is the optics, it is hands down brighter than anything else we have (no Zeiss,Swaro or leica's) but lots of Bushnell, Nikon and the older Leupies. The other thing I really like is the illumitated aiming crosshair/box as opposed to a barely visible black crosshair, the Leupy reminds me of the CRF 1200 in that sense. And it ranges pretty damn fast though I havent really given it a field test.I definately think this new model is way better than the others but without a field test I cant say much else.