PF80ED

Pentax scopes are the best buy out there.
I have the 100mm.80mm & 65mm.

Relatively new to serios birding..maybe a year. Bought the PF-80ED-A with the zoom lens ~$389. Very pleased but had read a fixed eyepiece was better. Bought the XW14 and was very impressed. Today was with several birders looking out over the water at some shorebirds and was offered a view from someone's Swarovski 65 and I must say it wasn't very impressive. The owner later looked through the Pentax and said wow..what kind/type of scope and eyepiece. Her scope yielded a view about the size of a quarter while mine yielded a view the size of a coaster. Night and day difference. Happy birding!

I purchased the angle version 80ED-A.The scope and zoom eyepiece are a great combination for me and for the price you get a great spotting scope equal to others that cost much more. Just my humble opinion.