Light weight spotter suggestions

[zwickeyman]

Im sure the eyepiece cover is better than the swaros - mines a joke.

No kidding, does any one make a decent eye piece cap?

[Gettin Birdie]

Leupold Gold Ring 12-40x60mm only 2lbs 5oz. I've been using my non HD for many years and it has been great.

I have heard good things about the HD but I think they are 1400

I have one, that I'd give you a good deal on, close to your limit.  I've been tossing around getting rid of it for awhile now.  Hardly used it, in great shape, had the cover on always.  It is nice and I like it, but I think I'm going to go to binocs, this is my first spotter and I just don't care for them that much, prefer bigger binos instead.  Funny, was going to list it on here for awhile, just haven't gotten around to it.  Love it at the range, though.  Let me know, I can send pics or whatever.     

[mburrows]

I’ve got a zeiss dialyt 60mm that I like. 42oz. They are north of 1,000 but it’s a nice little light weight spotter.

[zwickeyman]

I’ve got a zeiss dialyt 60mm that I like. 42oz. They are north of 1,000 but it’s a nice little light weight spotter.

Ive heard these are pretty good optically

[Wanttohuntmore]

Nikon ED50.  Clarity is perfect.   Light gathering is what you'd expect from a 50mm.

[zwickeyman]

Nikon ED50.  Clarity is perfect.   Light gathering is what you'd expect from a 50mm.

I keep hearing good things about these. I need to get behind some

[mburrows]

I’ve got a zeiss dialyt 60mm that I like. 42oz. They are north of 1,000 but it’s a nice little light weight spotter.

Ive heard these are pretty good optically

I think it’s a good spotter for the money. My one complaint is edge clarity at high magnification isn’t great. It is sleek and super easy to tote around the hills though.

[snake]

Leupold Gold Ring 12-40x60mm only 2lbs 5oz. I've been using my non HD for many years and it has been great.

I have heard good things about the HD but I think they are 1400

I have one I am willing to sell.  I've used it less than 10 times in 10 years. its in great shape. id let it go for $850

[craigapphunt]

The little maven does pretty well my only real complaint and it's a minor one is focusing can be a little on the touchy side but I assume for its size and weight you have to sacrifice something.

[zwickeyman]

The little maven does pretty well my only real complaint and it's a minor one is focusing can be a little on the touchy side but I assume for its size and weight you have to sacrifice something.

Hughjorgan said the same thing about the focus

You are correct about sacrifice. there is no perfect spotter. Not a scope made that has all 5 qualities

FOV, Eye Relief, Superior Optics, Light weight and Low Price. You can get 3 out of 5

Probably the best light weight one right now has 4 of 5 but the one its missing is price and they wat 2400 for them and thats the Swaro ATC

[zwickeyman]

I ended up getting a really good deal on a Maven S 2

If anyone is interested on how it performs I can do a short review. If I get by next Tuesday Ill compare it to the new Swaro ATC and the Kowa 554 on Wednesday

Thanks to every one for the input

[Magnum_Willys]

Yea share your thoughts.   
Vs Maven it looks like the kowa is 6 oz lighter but narrow field of view.   
The Leupold is 3 oz heavier but goes to 40 power.
The Swaro is same weight - 34 oz - and goes to 40 power  but over $1000 more than any of them !

I us my spotter to scan for game so kowa is ruled out.   I wish the Maven went to 40 but must saw I do all my scanning at 25 pretty much. 

[zwickeyman]

Yea share your thoughts.   
Vs Maven it looks like the kowa is 6 oz lighter but narrow field of view.   
The Leupold is 3 oz heavier but goes to 40 power.
The Swaro is same weight - 34 oz - and goes to 40 power  but over $1000 more than any of them !

I us my spotter to scan for game so kowa is ruled out.   I wish the Maven went to 40 but must saw I do all my scanning at 25 pretty much. 

Thats what I see too. Supposedly the glass is pretty good but the 27 zoom is the draw back. Wish it went to at least 35

[BeerBugler]

Why the 2 80’s? Keep the kowa, sell the swaro, buy the 553. Best spotter combo out there and $1000+ in your pocket? Or sell the big kowa and buy the new swaro?

[zwickeyman]

Why the 2 80’s? Keep the kowa, sell the swaro, buy the 553. Best spotter combo out there and $1000+ in your pocket? Or sell the big kowa and buy the new swaro?

Yep. The ATS 80 will go up for sale after I get it back from Swarovski in January. Typical once over and cleaning. I put the 884 up against the ATX95 side by side and they are equal and I got the 884 for 2000.00 less. They both have their pros and cons Im hopefully comparing the S 2 with the ATC56 and the 554 next week. If they are leaps and bounds better than the Maven I will probably buck up