The trouble with reviews is you generally get them from the person trying to sell it to you, which ironically makes the most sense, because certain sellers should also be users - therefore having a clue as to the best buy for the money.

I found Janssens' Adventure Outfitters to be very knowledgable on upper end scopes. They are out of Oregon, and the owner/employees are serious hunters. The owner outlined about 5 scopes for me a couple of years ago with respect to quality for the value. They field test the scopes themselves.

I have to agree, that Swarovski probably makes the best spotter, but you can buy 2 or 3 other scopes for about half the money or less that have similar performance.