Good if your expectations are reasonable - Vortex Crossfire HD 20-60x80 Spotting Scope

This is a good spotting scope if you catch it on sale and you're not expecting the performance of a scope that costs 3 to 10 times as much.

The good is that it is clear and and reasonably sharp with decent contrast at 20x, and this remains up to just past 40x. The construction seems to be sturdy, and the indexed and lockable body rotation ring is nice. It comes with a nice padded soft armor wrap that has quick-release ocular and objective covers. The wrap provides access to the mount and focus ring so it does not need to be removed to use the scope. It seems well constructed and should be durable with normal use.

Not so good is that once you go all the way to 60x, the image is noticeably dimmer with less contrast. There are no large distortions, but chromatic aberration (color fringing) starts to become quite noticeable at 60x. Focus is not constant as you zoom. You will have refocus after changing the zoom, and it's a big difference.