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I'm looking at various scopes on the market. As part of my research I've been looking at the Hawke Endurance 20-60 x 60, which has had good reviews and retails at ?179. My birthday is coming up you see...
Wandering into Jessops, I see they offer a Centon 20-60 x 60 Spotting Scope for ?190. Based on the photographs it looks identical to the Hawke (they share the same black rubber gills at the back, for example, exit pupil specs., weight etc. all match up too). Fair enough I thought, just Jessops selling an own brand version and marking it up a bit to cover their hiugh street costs...
....however, then I see that cameras2u.com have a Centon 20-60 x 60 scope for just ?69.99.
Now, if the Centon is the same as the Hawke, that has to be a bargain!
So, my questions are:
1) Does anybody KNOW whether the Hawke and Jessops are indeed the same scope, just rebadged versions of each other? They look similar, but are they the same? Do they have the same cases? Does the Centon have the same (distinctive) lens cap as the Hawke, etc.?
2) Does anybody know whether the cameras2u.com version is the same as the Jessops version?
3) Has anyone got one of these from cameras2u and if so, is it any good?
I'm hoping that if the answers are yes, yes and yes I can bag a bargain!
chemistry
Wandering into Jessops, I see they offer a Centon 20-60 x 60 Spotting Scope for ?190. Based on the photographs it looks identical to the Hawke (they share the same black rubber gills at the back, for example, exit pupil specs., weight etc. all match up too). Fair enough I thought, just Jessops selling an own brand version and marking it up a bit to cover their hiugh street costs...
....however, then I see that cameras2u.com have a Centon 20-60 x 60 scope for just ?69.99.
Now, if the Centon is the same as the Hawke, that has to be a bargain!
So, my questions are:
1) Does anybody KNOW whether the Hawke and Jessops are indeed the same scope, just rebadged versions of each other? They look similar, but are they the same? Do they have the same cases? Does the Centon have the same (distinctive) lens cap as the Hawke, etc.?
2) Does anybody know whether the cameras2u.com version is the same as the Jessops version?
3) Has anyone got one of these from cameras2u and if so, is it any good?
I'm hoping that if the answers are yes, yes and yes I can bag a bargain!
chemistry