Magnumdood,
However, I didn't buy it for them, I bought it for me, and I have no buyer's remorse...none.
This reminds me of a Christian song, "Wonderful words, beautiful words of life...." I feel exactly that way about my optics; from the Alpen Wings ED 8X20 on my waist to the Swarovski z5 5-25X52 on my Savage .257 Roy. So no matter how poor these Alpens are they are better than 99.999% of the population without something.
In fact I was hunting the other day with a guy who had some kind of ultra light 6PPC rifle with a 3-9X. He had 8X binos. So did I. He found a deer bedded but could not determine whether it was a buck or doe. I found the deer with my binos and then switched to the "rifle mounted spotting scope" as someone here posted. Turning up the magnification to 25X
!, I could see easily it was a doe. He tried but could not hold steady enough to make it out, so I guess he is just fine with a 9X max.
