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Clone optics and RDS are certainly the types of things where you really don't get what you pay for....
Most of them are utter shit. Occluded lenses, ghosting, flaring, poor adjustments, loose fitment, etc...
Basically they are for looks...and if you're lucky they'll be so-so/ok for "replicating" what the real ones do.
Either trial and error until you find one that works for you...or go somewhere where you can actually eye-ball different ones before you plunk down your money. Make to make, model to model, batch to batch....some are ok/so-so...others are a simple waste of money.
Keep in mind...by the time you blow through 3-4 clone ones (either not happy, trying something different, broken, etc...) you are into the price range of some of the real (perhaps consumer grade) RDS.
I've tried several of the clones...various aimpoints (M3, M4, micro T1), magnifiers, EOTECHs, ELCANs, ACOGs....magnified, RDS, Illuminated, etc... Balancing Functionality vs. Price vs. Ruggedness...the only ones I've found decently acceptable are the G&P/KA M3's and the Micro T1 (quite nice actually)
NOTE: Aside from the odd time I plunk on my M3 and 3x magnifier...I usually just shoot iron sights now.
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