Folks just wondering if there are any mid range brands particularly noted for durability and model longevity but below the alpha level price ranges.
I am chasing a 65 or 80mm scope for the record.
1. I researched the celestron regal but ruled it out as checking the amazon reviews the eyepiece assembly seem to break easily, when dropped, bumped etc. Including focussing and glass issues it turns up 14% critical reviews on Amazon.
2. Pentax 65- a well known scope but there are numerous reports of it breaking in half due to the plastic threaded mid body. I also just recieved one with siezed up eyepiece lock ring. I know , something that could happen to anything mass production, but the plastic threaded body is unacceptable to my way of thinking.
Two random examples but I get a feeling the market demands glass above all else, so mid range scopes with high level glass are leaving other factors behind compared to the big boys.
However you can get mid range binoculars which rock it with the big boys. For example Fujinon FMTR- series are good glass and as tough as anything out there, often chosen by military forces. Steiner was another example. In fact it seems to me that you can find mid-range binoculars often in better place quality and durability wise than their equivalent level in spotting scopes. Why is that? Or are their brands in spotting scopes I am completely missing?
I am chasing a 65 or 80mm scope for the record.
1. I researched the celestron regal but ruled it out as checking the amazon reviews the eyepiece assembly seem to break easily, when dropped, bumped etc. Including focussing and glass issues it turns up 14% critical reviews on Amazon.
2. Pentax 65- a well known scope but there are numerous reports of it breaking in half due to the plastic threaded mid body. I also just recieved one with siezed up eyepiece lock ring. I know , something that could happen to anything mass production, but the plastic threaded body is unacceptable to my way of thinking.
Two random examples but I get a feeling the market demands glass above all else, so mid range scopes with high level glass are leaving other factors behind compared to the big boys.
However you can get mid range binoculars which rock it with the big boys. For example Fujinon FMTR- series are good glass and as tough as anything out there, often chosen by military forces. Steiner was another example. In fact it seems to me that you can find mid-range binoculars often in better place quality and durability wise than their equivalent level in spotting scopes. Why is that? Or are their brands in spotting scopes I am completely missing?
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