Expert Review High end glass at a low price - Meopta MeoPro 80 HD Angled 20-60x80 Spotting Scope

This might just be the highest value spotting scope on the market at the time I'm writing this review. Upon pulling it out of the box, you'll notice it's wrapped in an extremely well thought out padded case. After zippering the case open is when you really get excited. The construction and fit and finish are that of meticulous craftsmanship. The tough rubber housing literally has zero imperfections and trust me I looked over every square inch of it.

All of the adjustments for the sunshade, focus ring and magnification are stupidly smooth and precise. After messing around with the spotting scope I already knew what I was in store for when bringing it out to the field.

I set this Meopro HD 80 up overlooking a wide open field around 3pm and quickly had a feel for the focus and was able to easily spot and zoom in on random birds that made their way into my view. While this is not "THE BEST GLASS EVER" it really is extremely pleasing to the eye and from what I can tell theres no distortion or chromatic aberration.

One thing that I was really fond of was using this spotting scope in conjunction with Meopta's Iphone 57mm Meopix Iscoping adapter, which allows you to take some pretty impressive quality photos as distance.

All in all its an excellent choice for anyone with a budget between $1,200-$1,600 that doesn't mind lugging around a little extra weight.