[Neoprene] Great product to protect your investment. I would buy again if ever needed.

[Neoprene] Love this scope. High end but without breaking the bank like many top brands'. Loses a little clarity at max magnification, but it hardly ever bothered me while birding.

[Neoprene] Excellent glass, easy to use, good eye relief. It is a bit heavy, but that is to be expected. Rugged and well built!

[Neoprene] 30 minutes out of the box I was spotting Elk just over a mile up the mountain from my back porch.

[Neoprene] I bought a pair of viper vinos about 6 years ago and from the day of purchase I have longed to get a razor spotter! Well the day finally came about 4 months ago! I am blown away by this amazing instrument! The clarity is off the charts! I have used other high end brands like sworovski, Leopold, night force, and Leica and I have to say that for the price you can not beat vortex! Especially when it comes to the warranty! You have a life long customer in me from binos to spotters to rifle scopes and range finders! I will not but anything else!

[Neoprene] I had considered getting a telescope but wanted something that could use terrestrially and for digiscoping. A telescope might work but it would be too cumbersome and not as useful. I git the Vortex Razor HD so I could watch wildlife and be able to use it at night to look at the moon and planets. The sun's been setting too late at night lately for the latter but that'll change as the year wears on.


The optics are superb! The image is crystal clear even at long - in excess of 1/3 mile - and makes reading even small print possible. I was able to read a license plate in excess of a quarter mile. Not just the number but the state name as well. The only issue I had at that distance was atmospheric interference and that isn't the problem with the scope.



The neoprene cover that came with the scope is pretty useless to me. It wouldn't do much except protect the scope from possible dings and scratches. It has no handle so it doesn't provide much other functionality. I might think about a soft carrying case instead.


The controls all work smoothly and don't drift unexpectedly. The biggest issue I had was having the eyepiece out and turning it in with my eye still on it. I'm missing several eyebrow hairs from doing that.


I'm getting used to finding the subject at the 27x zoom then zooming in. The 60x zoom is significant! I'm still playing with the Celestron Star Finder scope I bought. It doesn't really fit this spotting scope but I fix it to to that. I now have a red dot scope to find a subject.


I'm looking forward to getting this scope out more and, using the t-mount and micro four thirds adapter for my camera, to shoot wildlife.


This has changed my viewing habits!

[Neoprene] Over all this is a great scope, clarity is good... I gave a 9 because the focus adjustment knob is hard to get the right focus at longer distances. This is where the smaller fine tuning knob is needed.

[Neoprene] Easy to use, great weight, perfect focus

[Neoprene] going from a Nikon to a vortex is worlds apart! I am so pleased, expensive , yes, but worth it.

[Neoprene] I’m an avid birdwatcher and have been using an entry-level spotting scope for years, so I was definitely due for an upgrade. I shopped around and tried many different scopes before settling on the Razor. In my opinion, it is clearly the best value for the money among all spotting scopes I looked through. Is it on par with a Swarovski or a Leica? No, but it’s fairly close and roughly 1/3 of the price so I’m not complaining. There is no noticeable chromatic aberration (even at 60x), I enjoy edge-to-edge sharpness in the field of view and the build quality is excellent. It even came with a free tripod (head is lame but can be swapped out) and the amazing Vortex VIP warranty. This is my 3rd piece of Vortex optics and I’m going to keep using their gear. This scope is a winner in my book.