They are big and heavy (everything a 1x red dot need not be) but if you like it.... i'd buy it from this guy cuz if you have a problem or aren't satisfied with it he will take care of you from what I have heard.
I can definintely echo RRAGES dedication to customer service and satisfaction. Most pleased with all my dealings with him. I think you can do better with his Bushnell sight over the Barska.
i've got the barska and like it. i haven't used others (except my brothers eotech for his AR), so i don't have much to compare it to. it holds it zero well. i recently was shooting and had a bunch of kids who had never shot before and they were all hitting a small 22 steel target from about 40-50 yards away without any trouble. the rectical is like a plus sign - but with a dot in the middle. it feels well built. i was thinking about getting something with magnification, but for a red-dot it works well.
I had one. I did like it. The reticule was canted about 3 degrees to the right. I could live with that. But after 1 day at the range, the cross hairs started to get blurry and fuzzy. I sent it back.
If the quality control was better, I would get another one.