Spotters Vortex Spotting scope comparison

[UKMan]

Been reading alot on here. I know myself and at the end of the day I’m a vortex Fanboy…it is what it is.

I’ve been wanting to get a spotting scope for the range, out to a mile (Thunder Valley) and also use the spotting scope at the local parks to do some digiscoping with my young son.

Question when comparing the Diamondback vs. Viper vs. Razor is the boy boy Razor worth it for my needs? I’m not an optical snob by any means. All my rifles rock the 5-25x56 venom and I love it. I also have been spotting off a tripod with the Diamondback 15x56 and I think they work great.

Think I want the biggest magnification available with whatever I get as it’s not being backpacked in anywhere just to the range and to the park.

Any help would be appreciated or if you have pictures/videos of the spotting scope in action that would be great! I’ve looked through them at the local stores and from the limited testing they all seem pretty good.

 

[Ferdinand P]

There are a couple reviews done on youtube, one of them by Vortex comparing the 3. I’m in the same boat with you, I’m a Vortex fan but certainly not an optics snob. I think I have decided to go with the Viper. Honestly, after watching the videos I’m not even sure I need anything better than the Diamondback. If you go by percentage of how much better and the cost, the Diamondback is the only one that makes sense. Then when you consider the VIP warranty that Vortex has, you get the same thing with all three. The Vortex video did mention that the Diamondback and the Viper lenses are made in China and the Razor’s are made in the U.S. but if you are just looking through the scopes and comparing them,that doesn’t come into play. I love to buy U.S. made products but the Razor in cost prohibitive for me. I’m still trying to decide for sure but it will be the Viper or Diamondback and not the Razor.

 

[carbonbased]

I’ve been wanting to get a spotting scope for the range, out to a mile (Thunder Valley)

Hmmmm I’m not an ELR shooter but I own the latest Razor 27-60 spotter.

I mean, it’s fine for digiscoping pdog hits. But a mile? I dunno man; its nice but I’ve never been blown away by the optics unless you’re comparing it to the cheap crap. For example, I notice the image degrades rapidly when zoomed in.

It’s got nice build quality though.

I use a 15x LRF bino to actually spot the pdogs as it’s way more comfy.

A mile seems more like a job for the top end models from Swaro and Kowa (and Hensoldt, if you can track one down). But more knowledgeable folks than me will chime in soon enough.