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geordiebeginner

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• Jun 8, 2011

• #1

Has anybody any experience of the Hawke range of scopes?

I have seen one for about £200 which looks promising.

I appreciate I am not getting Leica APO for this price, but would the quality be good enough for a beginner?

Cheers.

 

looksharp65

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• Jun 9, 2011

• #2

Recalling a BF post where the Nature Trek ED 80 was a cherry and a lot better than the Frontier ED or Endurance ED (don't remember).

//L

 

FrankD

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• Jun 9, 2011

• #3

Hmm, me thinks that Hawke Trek ED 80 looks a lot like the Celestron Regal F-ED. Haven't compared the specs side by side yet but the physical package looks almost identical plus the Hawke accepts 1.25 inch astro eyepieces.

Price for the Hawke is just a hair more expensive than the Celestron.

 

looksharp65

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• Jun 9, 2011

• #4

But the Hawkes are a lot lighter, unless their specs are wrong. The Celestron Regals are unfortunately infamous for their heft.

 

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binfield

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• Jun 11, 2011

• #5

I use a nature trek ed, don't have any problems with it. I think for the money is a decent piece of kit. I know Hawke have been doing rifle scopes for a while and have moved into spotting scopes and bins recently. Don't get me wrong they are not anything near the bigger brands but for me it does the job.