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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 3205297" data-attributes="member: 6806">Well, I avoid a monstrosity like that by using bigger scopes and smaller eyepieces. The TeleVue 60 doesn't look that desirable as a birding scope to me. It's too heavy and too expensive for such a small aperture. It could be better than most 60-65mm birding scopes, but I think any high quality 80mm+ birding scope will beat it optically from larger aperture alone and be lighter to boot.As for the 60º TeleVue diagonal, I think it looks more spindly and fragile than it is. I would certainly rather have a locking collar than a set screw (even with the internal compression ring), but I've found the set screw on the Televue to be impressively resistant to loosening in the field. I attach it to the 2" focusers on my scopes with a Baader T-2 1.25" locking eyepiece sleeve screwed directly into a 2" tube. So far nothing has fallen off the back of the scope.Henry</blockquote>