Kowa TSN-60 60mm Monocular Lightweight Spotting Scope Without Eyepiece

This scope is incredible and for the money it can't be beat. With the excellent TSE-Z9B 20x-60x zoom eyepiece, there is crisp clarity and a wide field of view through out the zoom range. The compact size and weight make it ideal for back country use. The only thing that keeps it from being absolutely perfect is a slight chromatic aberration at 60x cause with a slight blue halo around bright high contrast objects (you can only see it if you actually look for it). A polarizing filter seems to take it away. I would buy it again and recommend it to anyone who asked. As good as any Swarovski of Leica in standard glass at a third the price and two thirds the weight, can't beat it.

Was good but not better than anything else in it's price range or a much older scope I own. To spend that much money it's pointless not to spend another 200 and get the ED glass.

This is the third Kowa scope I've owned over the years and it doesn't disappoint. Good quality optics combined with low weight makes this a winner in my mind. The fact I already have eyepieces that fit this scope also helps greatly. I use this scope for international style rifle shooting, mostly to read mirage. Sometimes I actually have to see shots in the paper but that is less common these days. I wanted a straight through version of the Kowa 60mm scope and this one is great.