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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3580944" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,it's hard to give good advice in a case like this where expected specs and budget are quite incompatible.My best advice would be to spend the 100€ on a decent pair of bins if none are available - the Leupold Yosemite / Kowa YF / Opticron Savanah in 8x30 would be an a good choice new and almost in the budget. Used depends on availability - I would look for sth in 8x30 too for travel - a good CZJ Deltrintem/Jenoptem 8x30, preferably multicoated would be nice and a good deal at around 100€.If it really should be a spotting scope, the following looks good but it's far away in Berlin and while the URL says ebay, it's not really ebay but some classifieds site which was taken over by ebay... so no buyer proetction etc - I would only consider paypal business and pay the 3% extra, if at all...<a href="https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/kowa-fernrohr-spektiv-ts-348-50mm-20x-mit-ovp/644082399-240-3521" target="_blank">https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/kowa-fernrohr-spektiv-ts-348-50mm-20x-mit-ovp/644082399-240-3521</a>Fits the size requirement and almost in budget - like new in box and since it's Kowa we can expect nice optics and solid mechanics. Obviously 20x magnification "only" but with a wide field of view and 50x or more is frankly unreasonable with a size requirement of 25cm which only fits a 50mm scope.Joachim</blockquote>