Spotters 15x56. Kaibab, Forge, Cronus?

[BLJ]

Posted on another forum and figured I would put it up here as well. I'm looking at moving away from my spotter. Distances would be out to 1k. I have a set of 8x42 Forge's that my eyes really like now, so the Forge's are in the lead for this reason. Are the Kaibab or Cronus any better? Thanks.

 

[Totoro]

I have 15x 18x 20x Kaibab and much prefer the 15x for eye relief and field of view. Tough to beat, Athlon 15x and Minox 15 are also worth a look too.

 

[BLJ]

Do you think there are any sacrifices by using the 15's instead of the 18 or 20's? Concerning spotting from 500 to 1000 yards?

 

[Totoro]

If you're looking at paper and steel then more X's are more advantageous. In my field of use, 15x are it.

 

[BLJ]

Agreed on that. Thanks for the clarification.