As an Outfitter in CO, having good glass is something of a necessity. Although i do not recommend clients to pack a spotting scope into camp for elk hunts due to the fact that they typically get left in camp by day 2, i purchased one for preseason scouting, as well as sheep and goat hunts. i went with the angled spotter as we do not have a lot of flat ground to look over, angled helps a ton looking up steep angles, id suggest a straight spotter for flat land glassing and angled for mountain situations personally. the spotter does get a little blurry at full power which is understandable and obviously hot days you get a lot of heat waves in the glass. the larger objective lense allows me to glass earlier in the morning and later in the evening which can be prime time for elk. i do like how the lense cover goes in and out to help with sun glare. i have used a phoneskope on this and it works very well. the pics below were of elk almost 2 miles away and about 50 power since i never really use 60 power. this spotter is heavy and must be used with a good tripod, if you go cheap on the tripod youre gonna have a bad time. weighing in at nearly 5lbs if youre worried about weight id drop to the smaller 15-45X65 which is about 3.6LBS. But you cant beat the lifetime vortex warranty