leupold vs swarovski vs zeiss

[teanawayslayer]

Just purchased the Swarovski ats 65 hd. Bar far hands down the best glass on the market. Thanks to JJ letting me look through his spotter a few years back. Was never the same since. Took me a while to rathole some cash. But finally got it. Had to hide it from the miss. Well worth the wait.

[lewy]

  I had a leupold gold hing hd and was pretty happy with it, esp. the size, then my truck got stolen and it was in it. Having swaro binos and loving them and there customer service I bought a swaro spotter on the second go around, it is no doubt better glass but is larger and heavier. Other than size one other thing I do miss is being able to back off to 12x instead of 20x, but then again I like being able to zoom to 60x instead of just 40x. IMO they are both good scopes......

[teanawayslayer]

Is it really worth the extra money for a swarovski or zeiss in the spotting scope department over the leupold?

if you get over to cle elum get a hold of me and you can take look.

[lewy]

One other thing to add.....the focus is so smooth on a swaro you can do it with one finger and not jostle the image were on the leupy it feels like ur twisting the lid off of an old jar of peanut butter........

[h2ofowlr]

Just stick with Leupold so you don't end up spending more money after using Swarovski.  Trying to save you a bunch of money here.  I made the mistake of buying a Swarovski scope and it has cost me lots of money since then as I have been outfitting most of my rifles with them. 

[Don Fischer]

I looked through my first Sawrovski scope ever yesterday. Not impressed even a little. For what the things cost I expect a difference I could actually see. As far as the quality of craftsmanship, Leupold is guaranteed forever, tuff to beat! Matter of fact I've got two Nikon's with a lifetime guarantee no matter who owns the scope. After looking thru the sawrovski I am left cold by the high dollar import's. For thaat matter, I was at Nightforces place in Kent, Wash when they were just getting going, no longer in Kent as I understand it. I saw nothing in them that would tempt me to spend even half what they want for one.

[Big Horn]

Not worth the money.  I've used just about everything out there and keep coming back to my gold ring HD Leupy spotter.  Smaller, lighter and very good glass.

I agree 100%

[bigsads]

Vortex makes great glass, I would look into one for the money, and the warranty

[washelkhunter]

You can pay for American capitalism or you can pay for european socialism.

[BULLBLASTER]

I recently bought a vortex viper hd spotter in 15-45x60. I really wanted the razor hd but couldn't hack the dough... I looked at leupold and nikon as well and found my favorite to be the vortex. Didnt look into swaro or zeiss as they were out of my budget. If I had the coin I would have looked though.

[BULLBLASTER]

I took this pic through my spotter with my cell phone over the weekend at 550+ yards.

[Fishmasterdan]

I cant believe people still buy non American made items these days when a nice American made product is available!!! Should not even be a comparison.

[Steve C]

I cant believe people still buy non American made items these days when a nice American made product is available!!! Should not even be a comparison.

Care to educate us on just what optics are "American Made" these days? Binoculars, spotters, and rifle scopes.   You might be surprised at the answer.  The last ones I am aware of are the Baush & Lomb Zephyrs from when B&L was in Rochester New York.  That was back in the 60's-early 70's.

[Fishmasterdan]

Buy as much American as you can. Leupold (oregon ), USO(california), night force(Idaho), trijicon(michigna) all good companies that  try and do as much USA as they can to stay competitive. I agree not 100% American but more than swaravski or Zeiss.

If you are in the market to buy a scope please try and buy as much American as you can, as well as rifles and anything else you put your money into. We all know how difficult it can be sometimes to stay USA made but a little research can help.

Choice leupold, swaroski, zeiss. Which one is the most USA friendly. Leupold!!!

[Taco280AI]

Don't look through Swaros unless you're actually going to buy them. Once you look through them you'll realize nothing else is nearly as good