Reviews & Ratings for Athlon Optics Cronus Gen II 20-60x86mm UHD Spotting Scopes — 10 reviews — Page 1

Excellent unit, very clear images. Worth every dime.

I have several Spotting scopes...Bushnell, Tasco, Vortex Razor, Meopta and the Athlon Cronus Gen II 20-60 X 86.
The Athlon is a good spotter, real smooth adjustments, super clear with edge to edge clarity... they are almost as good as the Vortex Razors, no where as good as the Meopta's but they didn't cost nearly as much as either of those. I haven't had the opportunity to use them any farther than my 500 yard target range but they are sufficient for that.... just not quite as good as the Vortex Razor's...(Can't see a .30 bullet hole at 500 yards)
Really smooth focus and clear glass. Overall a great spotter....worth the price paid, if I had not compared it to the Vortex and Meopta I would have been very satisfied with it

After reading numerous reviews and watching numerous review videos, I decided to give this Athlon Chronus Gen II 20-60X86mm UHD a try. Ordering and shipping of the spotting scope went without any issues whatsoever so ever. Upon first inspection the spotting scope looked like a very we built and quality product. I mounted it onto my bipod and inspected the optical quality. First thing I noticed it at 20X magnification, the picture was very clear. After increasing magnification, you can really notice that the image starts to degrade once you pass the 40X threshold. At 60X, it also seems like you are looking through a window screen and it also feels like you are chasing the eye box around in the eyepiece. I feel that at 60X while viewing over a mile, that you could identify animals, but I also feel like there would be needed detail lacking. I opted to return this spotting scope as the optical quality was not really up to my standards. The RMA process with optics planet was painless transaction. I will do business with them later on in the future.

Excellent glass. ARRC base is perfect. Focus is very exact.

Great glass for the $$$, good in low light. Read the online reviews of this optic compared to others in its class. Athlon is making a good value product with great performance and parts.

So far so good. I took it out last weekend and it performed well in low light and at distance.

So far it has performed well, excited to get it out in the field for more use and a better test

Very pleased for an mid range scope it stays sharp almost thru through the whole
Range. Super happy with it

Took this out of the box right at dusk, put it on a tripod and writhin 2 mins spotted a 130 class deer in a shadowed spot. I was really shocked how good the glass really was.