MoeFaux
Lil-Rokslider
It's getting difficult to get out west as often as I'd like when I have to pay for guides every time, so I'm trying to ween myself off the guides and accumulate more of the gear I need to DIY. Thus, I'd like some advice on which spotting scopes to look at. I'll offer the following bullet points to give you some background and flavor:
- I'm sure the first question many of you will ask is "what will you use it for?" And the answer, unfortunately, is that I don't know. I've never owned a spotter, so I'm not real sure how I'd use it. I've only ever used my 10x42 binos for glassing, then maybe peek through someone else's spotter to get a better look at something. I'm not really sure if it would only be used like that, or if I'd do more full time glassing with it.
- I can tell you that I'm not a light weight guy. I'm not venturing deep into the wilderness with everything I need to live and hunt strapped to my back, so a few ounces doesn't matter to me. More of a minimalist, really, so smaller size would be more important to me than lighter weight.
- I know there's a lot of 'buy once cry once' advice on Rokslide, but I'm not that guy. I would much rather buy something cheaper the first time so I can learn through using the product what I ultimately want or need out of it. Then, I have the confidence and motivation to spend more the second time if necessary because I know what I'm getting for my money, AND I can offset that cost by selling the first one. So, I see it more as "buy twice, cry never."
- Someone on a recent thread recommended the mini Vortex (Razor 13-39x56) for looking at anything inside of a mile. Do you all often find yourselves looking at things farther than that? Is that 85 mm aperture really important to have, or does it just help with the last 20 minutes of daylight?
- I love buying stuff used to save a few bucks, so we can tweak that $1k limit a bit to include a scope that could be 1300-1400 new.
- I'm sure the first question many of you will ask is "what will you use it for?" And the answer, unfortunately, is that I don't know. I've never owned a spotter, so I'm not real sure how I'd use it. I've only ever used my 10x42 binos for glassing, then maybe peek through someone else's spotter to get a better look at something. I'm not really sure if it would only be used like that, or if I'd do more full time glassing with it.
- I can tell you that I'm not a light weight guy. I'm not venturing deep into the wilderness with everything I need to live and hunt strapped to my back, so a few ounces doesn't matter to me. More of a minimalist, really, so smaller size would be more important to me than lighter weight.
- I know there's a lot of 'buy once cry once' advice on Rokslide, but I'm not that guy. I would much rather buy something cheaper the first time so I can learn through using the product what I ultimately want or need out of it. Then, I have the confidence and motivation to spend more the second time if necessary because I know what I'm getting for my money, AND I can offset that cost by selling the first one. So, I see it more as "buy twice, cry never."
- Someone on a recent thread recommended the mini Vortex (Razor 13-39x56) for looking at anything inside of a mile. Do you all often find yourselves looking at things farther than that? Is that 85 mm aperture really important to have, or does it just help with the last 20 minutes of daylight?
- I love buying stuff used to save a few bucks, so we can tweak that $1k limit a bit to include a scope that could be 1300-1400 new.
