I never needed a lit reticle at night or low light situations. Where I wanted a lit reticle was for daylight to use sort of as a red dot like Trijicon does but Leupold's don't shine bright enough for day use.

For the money, I'm still looking hard at a vx6 1-6, that scope was impressive to me. Standard vx3's in 1.5-5 served me well and for the price are hard to beat.