Eagle Optics Denali 15-45x60 Straight Spotting Scope

I purchased this scope about 4 months ago; it is the first I have personally owned, though I've had agency or institutional use of Leica, Bushnell, and Zeiss scopes. It performs better than I expected for the price. It has good optical qualities, with some distortion at margins of view, but excellent clarity and color overall (though by no means comparable to that of the much, much more expensive scopes). It performs best in brighter light, particularly at higher magnification. Zoom and focus feel good and solid. Its smaller size and light weight make it an excellent choice for a field scope when packing it in or even for a moderate hike. Its pricing makes it a very good value, and I don't feel bad about leaving it in the car for those birding emergencies. I have not used it for digiscoping, so I cannot comment on how well it may work for that. The included tabletop tripod is pretty worthless unless you have a table top, but it is nice that they include something for those who may not have a stable mount available. I'm very satisfied with this purchase, and recommend it. I would recommend it even for institutional use in classroom or laboratory - given the pricing, a certain amount of abuse, mistreatment, or even loss is acceptable.