Vortex Crossfire HD 20-60x80 Straight Spotting Scope Review: Clear, Comfortable, Affordable
If you’ve ever spent a full day out on the range or in the field, neck‑cricks and awkward angles are almost a certainty. The Vortex Crossfire HD 20‑60×80 Straight Spotting Scope promises not just sharp, high‑magnification viewing, but a little relief: the straight eyepiece gives your neck a rest during a long day’s shooting. I’ve been running this scope through its paces, from a dreary overcast days to beautiful sunny days and here’s what I found when combining serious glass with serious comfort.
Quick look
The Vortex Crossfire HD 20‑60×80 Straight spotting scope features an HD optical system optimized with select glass elements to deliver crisp resolution, suppress chromatic aberration, and render accurate colors from edge to edge. Its fully multi‑coated lenses have anti‑reflective coatings on every air‑to‑glass surface, boosting light transmission for enhanced clarity and better performance in low light. The body is nitrogen purged and O‑ring sealed, making the scope waterproof, fogproof, and resistant to moisture or temperature swings. A durable rubber armor wraps the outer shell to absorb shocks and provide a secure, non‑slip grip.
Like all Vortex optics, the Crossfire HD comes with the Vortex VIP (Very Important Promise) Unlimited Lifetime Warranty, which covers defects and even accidental damage for life.
Specifications
Magnification : 20-60x
Objective lens : 80mm
Linear field of view : 105' - 53' @ 1000 yds
Angular field of view : 2.0° - 1.0°
Eye relief : 18.0mm
Length : 15.1" or 38.35cm
Weight : 53oz or 1502grams
Minimum Focus : 26" or 0.66m
Attachment method : attaches via arca
Straight Eyepiece
The straight eyepiece in this is a life saver. If you have ever been at the range or on a long distance hunting and spent hours looking through an angled eyepiece of another spotting scope, you will know the pain in your neck. This unit solves that problem with the straight design, gone are the days of sore necks.
Focus adjustment
This unit feature a simple but quick and effective focus adjustment on the main assembly of the unit. It is a knurled knob on the main body which spins freely but sturdy allowing you to focus your scope quickly but means it won't lose focus from a bump of movement of the unit.
What's in the box?
Free stuff, who doesn't like that?
- Neoprene cover
- Tethered objective lens cover
- Tethered ocular lens cover
- Lens cloth
COST
Honest option
Sheep in a field at 1.8km
Same sheep in the same field at 1800 metres but see that white bird on the right hand side, how cool is that?
I am a big fan of vortex optics as a whole, their warranty and aftermarket support is second to none. This unit re-affirms this with it's exceptional glass quality and clarity even out at extreme distances. The straight eyepiece is a big gamechanger as I can use this product sitting down and not craning my neck allowing me to view through the optic for longer without getting a sore neck. I am able to clearly see sheep at 1.8km and see birds flying around and landing on them at that distance, the pictures do not do the image quality of this unit justice. For just a hair over £300, that is INSANE!!. Quality of this level belongs at the higher tier pricing but Vortex offers it at an entry level price. With this level of quality at this cheap of a price, it would be hard to look at anything else.