Since I sold all my 65mm scopes when I purchased my Kowa 77 with the 25x-60 zoom. I have been reading & looking for another just to use with one fixed eyepiece(16x-19X) that would give me the same relaxing viewing pleasure along with the best view optically surpassing the Pentax with the XW20 eyepiece. For those of you who have looked thru the little Pentax with the XW20 eyepiece you know what I mean. The scope's body/lens had to be of high quality with a good zoom for a good return for resale, but most important come with that optional fixed eyepiece. So after reading about the new Vortex Razor HD & all its praises I ordered the scope with the xtra 18x eyepiece. This is not meant to be a review of the Razor HD 65mm but I will say everything said here on this forum about the scope with the zoom is dead on. Having said all this here's my opinion of the 18x eyepiece on this scope with some pictures .........
Very user friendly .... very comfortable to use, with very..very long eye relief which I like. The ocular lens is huge, giving a very nice wide look thru. The view is very sharp/clear, one of the best I have seen on any 65mm scope at 18x power including the Pentax XW20(19X) . Its construction & appearance just says high quality. Its hard to believe that this scope package is labeled made in China ?? To sum it up, this eyepiece gives up nothing to any lower power eyepiece I have used. Whether it's the eyepiece, scope or the combination of the two together I can not say but one should really buy the 18x eyepiece if one is considering the Vortex HD 65mm with the zoom. The only negative thing one might say about this eyepiece would be its very long Eye relief. When you use eyepiece's that have 20mm or more eye relief they can cause blackouts for some & it can be a deal breaker but one can learn how use them to avoid this. For me its not a problem & its just works fine. Since I will be only using this scope with the fixed eyepiece I will be selling the zoom ..... gwen .
Very user friendly .... very comfortable to use, with very..very long eye relief which I like. The ocular lens is huge, giving a very nice wide look thru. The view is very sharp/clear, one of the best I have seen on any 65mm scope at 18x power including the Pentax XW20(19X) . Its construction & appearance just says high quality. Its hard to believe that this scope package is labeled made in China ?? To sum it up, this eyepiece gives up nothing to any lower power eyepiece I have used. Whether it's the eyepiece, scope or the combination of the two together I can not say but one should really buy the 18x eyepiece if one is considering the Vortex HD 65mm with the zoom. The only negative thing one might say about this eyepiece would be its very long Eye relief. When you use eyepiece's that have 20mm or more eye relief they can cause blackouts for some & it can be a deal breaker but one can learn how use them to avoid this. For me its not a problem & its just works fine. Since I will be only using this scope with the fixed eyepiece I will be selling the zoom ..... gwen .