Reviews & Ratings for Hawke Sport Optics Endurance ED 13-39x50mm Spotting Scope — 3 reviews — Page 1

Exceeded my expectations. ED Glass. No loss of light until almost sunset. The difference in the 50 and 60 or 85 models is a matter of minutes. For daytime glassing and backpacking as light as possible, this fits the bill for me. I usually use binoculars and if I need to see something closer a mile off or more I will set this to 26x and go for it.

I tried out the 11-33x50 vortex and the Hawke to me was better. Also way less money so you are not paying for the name and marketing.

It has interchangeable eyepieces, but nobody, including Hawke seems to make an eyepiece that fits anymore so take that into consideration. However, most spotters of this size do not allow for changing eyepieces.

I recently bought a Hawke Endurance HD 13-39x50 from OpticsPlanet. I have some experience using a Pentax 65mm scope with Vixen Lanthanum eyepiece, so I was expecting the Hawke to be kind of mediocre compared to the Pentax, but worth it for the size tradeoff.

I have used it twice now and like it better than I thought I would. It is sharp, with plenty of contrast and good chromatic aberation control. The thing that most impresses me is the eye relief. It starts out great at 13mm, easily what the specs say (20mm), but like most eyepieces, you start to lose some as you zoom in, but it stays very good and more than acceptable. But the surprising thing to me is that it IMPROVES after about 20mm, so that by the time you are at about 26mm it's just about as good as it was at 13mm, and it stays that way all the way out to 39mm. So essentially I can see the entire field of view for the entire zoom range.

The focusing is great and the fine-tune knob helps a lot at higher magnification. My only complaint is that the case doesn't fit perfectly - the eyepiece part of it is not quite large enough to fully secure it with the velcro tabs on the top and bottom at the same time. I suppose this is because they do change eyepieces with these models (the previous version had a 12-36 eyepiece, I think).

So, this scope is excellent for the money and I am VERY pleased with it. Even in cases where size isn't much of a factor (e.g. I won't be carrying it very far), I think I won't have any particula...
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