Zeiss Stay on Case for Gavia 85

As you would expect from any Zeiss product, the optical clarity of this spotting scope is very good. I use it at the rifle range for spotting my hits at 300 yards. I can easily see the holes even with some heat mirage going on. I had a similar vortex spotting scope, and this one is much better. My only gripe for taking away one star is that I wish it had a secondary fine focus wheel like the vortex does, which is a feature I really like.

excellent product. shooting with it has made my life easier. very clear and precise. enjoy the use of it about 3 times a week with my son long range shooting. best money i have spent, went the cheaper route and was not happy.

Good Points: Quick to focus,not too heavy. Improvement Points: Image not brilliantly sharp at60x.

There was no way to edit my review but if OpticsPlanet can add to the bottom I'd appreciate it.. Zeiss did return my email. Turns out their published weight does NOT include either of the caps, nor the built in plate where you add a tripod adapter. The spotter was still heavy even when removing these, although not as significant. Upgrading my review from 1-2 stars, but leaving it negative as they refused to work directly with the purchaser, asking to go through the original retailer directly.

I purchased this spotter for an ultralight DIY sheep hunting setup after plotting out several of the higher end spotters via objective diameter per weight. Zeiss claims to be 60.0 oz which would be the highest obj / wt ratio of its class. When I put it on the scale, it actually weighed 62.4 oz. While not a significant difference, the advertised weight put it ahead of the Swarovski 80HD, however the actual weight was below the Swarovski. I sent a response to Zeiss, and am still waiting to hear back; hopefully they can find a way to make it right as I would not have purchased this product over the Swaro if they advertised truthfully. Will adjust the review accordingly if they do.