I am tired of packing around my spotting scope. I am not as young as I once was and was interested to hear what people had to say about doublers for binoculars. I have the vortex razors and the doubler can be found for 129.00 this seems a good option sense my spotting scope is a 20-60x65 and can be cumbersome I would love to hear some feedback on the pros and cons of doublers and what kind of optic quality I should expect.
[QUOTE=tonydc220;944266]I am tired of packing around my spotting scope. I am not as young as I once was and was interested to hear what people had to say about doublers for binoculars. I have the vortex razors and the doubler can be found for 129.00 this seems a good option sense my spotting scope is a 20-60x65 and can be cumbersome I would love to hear some feedback on the pros and cons of doublers and what kind of optic quality I should expect.[/QUOTE]
About 2 or 3 years ago about I purchased a doubler for the same reasons you mentioned, and intended to use the doubler with my 8X42 Nikon. The functioning of the doubler was fine, but had narrow FOV and poor eye-relief.
The major problem was too much shaking. I tried balancing the bins on my car roof, but still could not reduce the shaking to a point where I could see anything. I never tried using with my tripod, but using a tripod would defeat the purpose of using a doubler instead of a scope. Wished I never had purchased it.
Maybe others had better luck than I did.
I had the same problems with a 2.5 extender I bought for my 6 x 32's. In addition, it did not fit solidly to the eyepiece. I sent it back. I think a 1.5x extender is a better idea for binoculars than a doubler or more.
Bob
PS Isn't 1.5x what the Leica Duovids give? The Leupold Golden Ring duals give about 1.7x.