Element Nexus vs Zeiss Conquest V4

I recently purchased a Zeiss Conquest V4 6-24x50mm w/ ZMOAI-T20 65 reticle and mounted it to a tricked out, suppressed Ruger 10/22. I am shooting CCI Suppressor hollow point at 975 fps and continually shoot 3 shot hole on hole groups at 50yds. I've shot many good and a bunch of great groups with this gun over the years, but the Zeiss has just made it that much easier. After unboxing, I immediately noticed the brightness and clarity at all magnifications. The center of the reticle is illuminated and the side parallax focuses down to 10yds. Another great thing is that when I adjusted for eye relief prior to torquing the rings, The outer black ring was a very thin line. I've had many dozens of scopes over the years and go through a very detailed (anal) set up process, but this one was just very easy. This is my first Zeiss, so I am not a fanboy or anything. I do have one concern about it that I can not understand When shooting at the same distance with my .30 FX King that wears a Helix Element 6-24x50, I can clearly read the competitor info that is printed in the upper right hand corner of USBR 50yd target while at 24x. I can not do so with the Zeiss at the same power level. This baffles me, but what does stand out is that the Zeiss stays bright and clear throughout the power range while the Element Helix starts to get darker/milky as it gets past 18x. Both have great turrets, track, and retain zero very well, though I am not a dial turner. I keep a dope book and learn my reticle markings for faster target acquisition. Small creatures at short range don't wait around for you to click. Anyway, I am comparing apples to oranges as the Zeiss cost $1k more, but the Helix is a great scope at that price point. I just wish it had an illuminated center. I am sure that the Nexus is a totally different animal. Another item I can throw out there is that my Helix would not hold zero when I first bought it. I sent it back to Element and a new replacement came back at no charge. I haven't had a problem with this one.
I hope this helps your decision.

I choke up saying Zeiss and Element in the same sentence. They both have their place but not in any comparison.

nexus has been upgraded to gen II now. I just bought a 6-24 x 50 zeiss like jeffppc..eurooptics has as new ones for sale at substantial savings. email zeiss and find out which ones have 10 yard parallax. if you want an element optic ...dvor has their top of the line almost tier one theos for sale for 33 percent off . It will go back to normal price in 5 days.. you can go to opticsthoughts and see what the dark lord of optics says are good scopes in each price range, its under the dloo list.

jasperjet said:

nexus has been upgraded to gen II now. I just bought a 6-24 x 50 zeiss like jeffppc..eurooptics has as new ones for sale at substantial savings. email zeiss and find out which ones have 10 yard parallax. if you want an element optic ...dvor has their top of the line almost tier one theos for sale for 33 percent off . It will go back to normal price in 5 days.. you can go to opticsthoughts and see what the dark lord of optics says are good scopes in each price range, its under the dloo list.

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I bought the 6-24 Zeiss Conquest V4 from Optics Planet and ordered another in 4-16 from Europtics. Once you go with clear glass you become addicted. Keep in mind that many of these retailers will price match and beat the price you found by an additional 10%, so don't forget to haggle.

Do yourself a favor and buy the zeiss, i have 12 swarovski’s z8, 1 zeiss v8, 1 schmidt and bender and 1 element theos wich is for sale right now.
glass from the zeiss is much better (clearly) than the elemen, i’m definitely not a zeiss fanboy but know that they are making very good stuff.