Falcon V1 3x Magnifier

This is a dang good 3X magnifier. Now remember, this is NOT a top of the line, super expensive accessory, but for the ~$70 you pay, the quality and functionality far exceeds my expectation. The glass is as clear as it gets for this price point (if you want better/clearer glass then you’ll have to pay a lot more). The installation was smooth and easy; it only took about 30 seconds to mount. It aligns perfectly with my Sig Sauer Romeo5- no shims needed, and I mounted it to flip to my right with no issues. It took a few minutes of fiddling with the lens adjustments to get my red dot to the middle of the view, as the adjustments do not work like your traditional windage and elevation- the instructions DID state that that was the case, so as long as you understand that you, shouldn’t get frustrated. Just play around with the adjustments and you’ll figure it out. I have not shot my rifle with this attached yet, so I cannot comment on it’s accuracy or durability. But as for out of the box construction and installation, it is solid, easy to install, impressive quality, and I have no complaints. If you want a good 3X magnifier, but don’t want to break the bank, then this is the one for you.

I was looking for a quality magnifier with good eye relief, and this magnifier didn't disappoint. I shoot an AR10 in 308 and and was worried about getting scope bit because many magnifiers don't offer adequate eye relief. With this optic I do not worry. I was also impressed by the clarity and sturdiness. The materials used are high quality and feel well made. The glass is clear and everything stays in place. This includes the mount. The mount is similar to the way Vortex does their mount, in that it uses a button to flip the optic. My only gripe is that when assembled to flip to the right side, the button is facing forward and needs to be pressed towards the stock. This is not my preferred way to activate the mechanism but it is only slightly awkward to use, and I'm sure I will get used to it. The mount also solidly holds the optic in place in both positions, so no complaints there. Overall, I am more than pleased with this 3x magnifier. It competes with optics twice its cost and does so exceedingly well. Give this product a try, I doubt you'll be disappointed.

Updated: This review may not make sense if you don't read the original disappointed review included below the update. Tacticon eventually contacted me via email and sent me a replacement unit. They didn't ask for the original to be returned, which was pleasantly surprising. I'd be happy to return it to them as I can't do anything with it, but at this price point it's probably not worth their time to repair it. The new unit is also labeled as a Falcon V1 but it looks different as shown in the new photo I've added. I'm not sure if it's a newer or older version but I think I like this design better. This unit lined up with my inexpensive Bushnell red dot almost instantly. I can see a magnified focused image through the red dot without bobbing my head like a chicken. The new unit functions as expected. I don't know how it compares to more expensive units as this is the only magnifier I've ever had, but based on the quality in relation to the price I give it five stars. Unfortunately, I have to remove one star because the communication with Tacticon over the warranty was poor. ------------------------------------------------------ Original Review: ------------------------------------------------------ I will consider changing my review if someone from Tacticon contacts me and fixes the problem as well as addressing the lack of support, but right now I have to rate this as one star. This unit was defective right out of the box. I sent them an email at their support mailbox and waited two days for a response. Nothing. Then I tried calling them. No one answers. After the fourth call on day three I left a message. The next morning I tried calling again, and still no one answered. Finally, I tried using their warranty page on their website. After going through the required process, the webpage gives me an error message and recommends trying again later. I tried again later with the same result. I like to support American companies and especially veterans, but this is some of the worst support I've seen. I suspect I will never be able to get my unit repaired or replaced. You should be prepared to toss your money in the trash if you get a defective one. The issue: I purchased this in Dec 2021 but for complex reasons I didn't get to unbox it until late this summer (2023) when I finally had a chance to attend a rifle class at the national training center (CMP). It was being finicky so I put it back in the box and focused on the rifle skills with just the red dot sight. This week (in Oct 2023) I decided to try and get it installed. No matter how I tried to align this with my red dot sight, it would not work. It's a struggle to get the magnifier to display the red dot sight image even when it looks like it's perfectly lined up externally. The red dot always appears at the top edge of the magnifier and there's no way to get it close to center. Adjusting it takes the red dot completely off the image where you can't see it. In addition, the eye relief is impossible to get right, as the image is completely black if you aren't exactly in the right spot. I've never owned a magnifier before, so I didn't know how they should behave. I finally figured out that the lenses seem to be misaligned internally. Externally, the front and rear lenses look perfect, so it has to be an internal lens that's out of alignment. The image is not round, it's "oval" and you always end up seeing part of the internal tube. This magnifier has been defective since day 1. In the photos I've included, the magnifier is lined up perfectly with my camera. The first image is with my camera zoom, the second image is 1X. It should have a round image appearing in there. Total piece of junk. If I don't hear back from Tacticon in the next week then I'll probably go buy a Bushnell, and avoid buying anything from Tacticon ever again.

I never thought a 3X magnifier was something I would have a use for since that is such low magnification relative to my high dollar scopes ("why not just get a scope then?", I would think), but I put this on one of my AR's that has a Holosun red dot, thinking the magnifier might squeeze out a couple hundred more yards of practical range for my old, weak eyes. Bingo! This thing is nice! Be advised it is the first and only magnifier like this i have ever purchased so I can't compare to other brands or what is possible, but I am very satisfied with the build, glass, and function of this magnifier. I like to practice CQC with this particular rifle and then move out to 300 to 400 yards and bang a little steel at those yardages for fun and this 3X magnifier enables me to do that pretty well. One word of advice: Read the directions, sparse tho they be. I tried setting windage first and then elevation. I couldn't get the elevation to move hardly at all. Then I read the directions and they tell you that adjustments are not truly horizontal and vertical, they move more diagonally, and I found it best to move the windage a little, then some elevation, then windage, and so on until I got it where I wanted. Not hard if you do it right. I'll probably buy another one. That way I have an excuse to buy another gun to put under it.