Don't overlook the Leupold 12-40X60HD. It's compact, very crisp, and you gotta love 30mm's of eye relief at 40X. Much happier with this over my Swarovski 20-60X65 for hunting.
For back packing, this ^^^
Don't overlook the Leupold 12-40X60HD. It's compact, very crisp, and you gotta love 30mm's of eye relief at 40X. Much happier with this over my Swarovski 20-60X65 for hunting.
I am also the guy who packs a nikon dslr camera into the mountains so I can enjoy the views later. Just sayin. My dad always said if your going to be stupid you better be strong.
I love to cut weight, but I also love to enjoy the scenery. So I have learned to find what I like, and then train to pack that weight. In my opinion, just take it as that, I want to be able to enjoy the views that I work so hard to see. I am also the guy who packs a nikon dslr camera into the mountains so I can enjoy the views later. Just sayin. My dad always said if your going to be stupid you better be strong.
I carry the Swaro STS 20-60x80. yep its heavier than most, but when it comes to seeing everything you want to see, or have to see, it never lets you down. I find that I can always trim a little more weight somewhere else. I also try to train for the eventual heavy pack out, so that the light pack in can be more loaded with good gear. I'd rather have the better scope that saves me stalking time and energy over the lighter scope. I also use the phone scope setup on 20-30 power to scan large areas, makes it so there is no fatigue from staring through binos for hours on end.[/QUOTE
The reason I went with the Leupold 12-40X60HD was due to the eye relief/strain at higher power on my Swarovski. Utilizing the Phone Skope is genius!