Athlon's break way to often for my liking. Had a Ares ETR not hold zero from factory.and a Midas BTR broke after only light use, wouldn't hold zero either. SWFA, got 2 bad ones from them as well, but none have broken while in use. Vortex, wore out the turrets on a Razor HD from 10 years of heavy use. All were replaced/fixed by manufacturers. The replacement Athlons are sitting on my safe, unused. I'd say get a Vortex or Leupold, especially if you can get the mil/vet/LE discount. Other manufacturers have that discount too so if it applies, use it to save hundreds.
edit-Tract, never used but friend really likes and they offer a mil/vet/LE discount as well.