Vector are extremely good value and although Chinese, their top of the range Continental series uses high quality German ED glass.
Many in our club and beyond us the Vector Sentinel 10-40x50 as an entry level Bench Rest scope for both Air and Rimfire. I started with the Vector, but with over half a century in the eyes and suspected glaucoma, I need better quality glass as the vision in my right eye can fade slightly in and out of focus literally mid-shot. I consequently initially 'upgraded' to The Falcon T50i, but was unlucky with a rushed second batch model which was incredibly dark and blurry so upgraded further to a Sightron SIII, which was an absolute game changer and helped improve my scores dramatically.
I've now moved onto Rimfire and purchased A Continental 1-10x28 ED FFP 34mm for Light Sporting Rifle (50m standing) and used for the first time this morning. It's absolutely outstanding and I couldn't be happier. I seriously considered another Sightron SIII for Bench Rest, but settled on the significantly cheaper and preferred floating dot reticule Continental x8 6-48x56 ED and will be trying that in anger in the next week or so. Both these scope I picked up on 'offer', the 1-10x28 on eBay for £450 (£890 RRP) and 6-48x56 for £476 (£856 RRP) from Optics Warehouse.
I researched heavily and watched many YouTube videos on the Vector's and their direct competitors offerings before settling on the Vector's. I also previously owned another Vector in the Taurus 5-30x56 FFP, which I liked very much, nice and clear and reasonably bright, but with far far too thick a reticule for my preference (why I sold). So, tying up with the reviews, I was confident that now buying the opposite end of the Vector Range in the Continental series, I was buying options that to my personal conclusion were simply unbeatable for price, performance and overall value.
I've also owned and used many different Hawke's and still own a Sidewinder 30 6-24x56 FFP which I find lovely and bright and crisp and consequently now struggle to use anything 'lesser'. Very crudely, I would put the Continental's at least another step up if not several steps.
