I was comparing this very compact light unit to some top of the line optics. I have a pair of Steiner 8x44 Night Hunter binos and my partner has 10 x 42 Swarovski binos. The first thing I did was set things up on the deck and see how the Wedgetail compared to these binoculars in the low light of the evening. Looking south there is a range over 3 kilometers away that has scattered manuka, and other scrub and deer running on a farm. This showed me that this Wedgetail spotting scope would be very worthy of the effort of carrying it around the Southern Alps, for a week in early June, Tahr hunting with two Aussie mates.
Our destination was Shelter Hollow in the headwaters of the Landsborough River for a week. After setting up our camp, out came the spotting scope and binos. Between us there was a pair of 10x42 Leica, 8x42 Swaro’s and my 8x44 Steiner binos. After only a few minutes of glassing we had located a few bulls to inspect with the new Wedgetail. One group of Tahr were around 2k away, looking through the spotting scope, I was able to determine that one bull stood out from the rest. There were about 23 animals in that area. It was decided that Mike and I would fly camp up on the bush edge for a few nights and have a crack at a couple of bulls with this mob, this meant we would need to carry a fairly big pack up the hill in the morning.
After setting up camp at the top of the bush edge we were out glassing again. From this range the Wedgetail was all I needed to determine that the bigger bull from the previous day was the one for me, and a stalk was planed for the next day. After a long and steep climb the next morning, I was very pleased that I was only carrying this very light spotting scope, which only weighs 1500gms as we climbed to around 1500m. The extra KG of some of the more expensive spotting scopes would have been a real burden, added to all the other equipment one needs or chooses to carry. Looking through the Wedgetail from this closer vantage point of 600m to 700m I could easily determine this was a very good bull 12-13 inches, and very heavy. This little spotting scope had turned out to be a very worthy addition to my daypack.
The optics offered a crystal clear full field of vision until just before the maximum magnification was reached. However this would not create a problem. In the low light I was also very happy. They performed equal to that of the binos that our hunting party was carrying, allowing us to continue to use the Wedgetail until dark.
In summary I can highly recommend this lightweight and compact spotting scope. For those on a budget who want to minimise the amount of weight they are carrying, and who want to be equipped with the right gear to help evaluate and secure a top trophy from long distances, this scope is great value for money! The Wedgetail Spotting Scope is right up there with the big boys that have been around for many years!
Dave Young, June 2010
Mike Welch June 14 2010
During this years Fallow season I received an invitation to hunt some promising areas with another friend making the trip up & it proved to be a great opportunity to really test the 2 spotting scopes & binoculars Rob had sent us. As we’d only had a few short days available it was great to have the spotting scopes on hand as it would help make the most of what little time we had with trophy potential bucks being viewed anywhere from 500m+ with the 12-36x50ED spotter & reaching in excess of 2km with the 15-45x65 meaning we could spend less time chasing young bucks that had yet to reach their full potential & more time putting a careful hunt on what we would deem a quality Fallow buck. For the heavily timbered country we also had the Wedegtail 8x42ED binoculars on hand & were amazed at how they compared to our own binos being a set of Alpen Rainers, Leupold Gold Rings & a set of Minox all estimated at a RRP of around $1200US. I’d recently purchased a new 4-12x50 Swarovski scope to go with my 300WSM & when used with the 8x42EDs’ I was somewhat annoyed to find that after viewing animals through the Wedgetail ED binos the Swarovski scope wasn’t performing half as good as I would have expected a $2000 scope to perform, meaning I would have to pick up the Wedgtail 8x42EDs to positively identify what could potentially have been a quality buck in such low light conditions.
Based on my experience I’d have no hesitations in recommending the Wedgetail range of optics to anyone who’s serious about buying a quality product at an affordable price & I’m sure there will be many satisfied buyers out there who can share their positive feedback with the rest of us.
They were green and heavy. That's the first thing I noticed about them and it took me a couple of mille seconds to like them. I'm talking about the new Wedgetail Binos that Rob had posted over to me.I was interested in upgrading my optics so took up the offfer to try them out. Green and heavy – but were they any good? That's the question I really wanted an answer to. I'm a relative newcomer to binos, only acquiring a set of Leopold’s a couple of years back. I suppose I had been content to use the scope. But when you get used to them – boy do they make a difference! How many deer had I missed seeing? The set I held were Wedgetail’s Raptor 10x42’s. I'm a bit of a fan of the bigger magnification – I suppose I reckon I need all the help I can get! They looked a bit like a funky European set that costs you your first born as a down payment. But they were wearing Rob’s brand, they are one of us, made for blokes like us. Made with our conditions in mind.The fancy technical details are all there ... somewhere... bakel prisiom thingos (yes I know - look at the PDF and it gives you all the goss). I suppose the thing that I wanted to know was; So the first chance I could I took them out to fallow land for a bit of a work over. I have to say right up at the start I was really happy with my Leopold’s, they have helped me find many deer and I was quite attached to them. However I was surprised at just how quickly I adjusted to these new binos. They felt good, the adjusted nicely and they were a bit heavier than what I was used to and that was good. It meant that they were just that little bit steadier and moved a bit smother. I liked the locking focus for the right eye, no bumping when crawling through scrub as it clicks back in to place when you release it. The eye cups extract out readily too. I noticed that the objective glass caps were able to be screwed off without much trouble. This stops them knocking together when you’re walking. Overall they felt strong and had that sense of being well made. The colours were good and sharp. There was plenty of view and it was clear right out to the edges. I liked them. I used them for some close up bush work too and I could not fault them one bit. The clarity of the image has to be seen to be believed. They sit nicely on the harness and are just right for my hands – it feels like you have got hold of something solid. I didn’t get the impression that I had to coddle them or worry that they would scrape on the ground and be ruined. I don’t want to be bothered with my gear I want to focus on the deer! These are good binos. They feel great and they have stood up to a couple of solid days out and about looking for animals. I focused on a fallow buck for quite a while and I could clearly make out his size and detail. He was a good 600 meters away and the clarity was spot on. I’m taken with them! They are easy on the eye, simple to use and robust. What more could you want? Oh yeah, made for Aussie conditions too. 
Wedgetail Peregrine ED 15-45x65 Spotting Scope 
Product Review by Joe Grech
All in all I could safely say that everyone who looked through the range of Wedgetail optics I had available to me over the month of March were amazed at the over all design, weight, performance, price tag & thought that has gone into producing the range of Wedgetail optics for the Australian deer hunter. The stand out amongst the range we had would have to be the small 12-36x50ED spotter perfect for keeping in your day pack weighing in at only 950g. With many friends packing into some of the more remote regions chasing our number one game species the Sambar deer, keeping weight to a minimum is a huge factor & the 12-36x50 spotting scope fits the bill just nicely & by the feedback given from them I can see there was a lot of interest in the small spotting scope with the number one question being ‘When can I get one’?
I glassed for the best part of a day with them, which I think is a true acid test to just how good they are. And yep you guessed it – no sore eyes for me. They fitted me well even on long distance work they were fine. I often sit down with my arms resting on my knees and it works really well. Of course everybody wants to know how they go on dawn and dusk. Looking at a pair in the shop down the street you cannot tell just how good they are. Well I can tell you that they were noticeable better than my Leopold’s and were on par with my Zeiss scope. I could see clearly through the binos when I could not make out shapes with my naked eyes. On walking back to the car with the aid of a three quarter moon I could pick out animals quite easily.
