New Binoculars, spotting scope, or both...

[iflyskyhigh]

I'm in the same boat. Just starting to research a good spotter for myself. Buy new or trust used from a respected brand?? That's what I'm looking into.

And in reference to the spotter. I've only spent a little time behind my new Kowa, but the general consensus is that it's one of, if not the best one out there. And so far I'd have to agree. I can't imagine anything else being much better.

 

[Nate D]

I feel like I took my time and made the best decision I could with the available information I had. I looked at, and put my hands on as many of the available options as I could. I shopped around and found what I believe to be very good deals on the optics I decided I wanted. In the end I'll just have to get out there and put them into action and see if they work for me the way I envisioned them working.

I enjoyed following the thread through your process. It helped me with some of my thought processes as well. My next journey will be a spotter. I picked up a gen1 Razor HD for 400 to see if I use a spotter much in my new set up. If I do will be looking to up grade.