I love spotting scopes, and having a crappy one, really only adds weight to your pack, buying a nice one is important in my opinion. My dad has a Swaro I am always borrowing from him, and use it all the time when hunting. Opening weekend of deer this year, I left it in the truck, because I already had quite abit of gear for 4 days, and it cost me a deer that I am almost sure was a nice buck. Never again.