Whats the best way to use the Swarovski BTX (it’s angled) glassing downhill?

[FishTacos]

What are your solutions for using the Swarovski BTX when you’re up higher on a glassing knob and need to look down? The BTX is angled and it rotates, but since it has 2 eyes, rotating the spotter doesn’t work the same as if it was a single eye angled spotter. The BTX is nice, though heavy and I haven’t solved effectively for downhill glassing.

Would be greet to hear what you all do with it to make it work best when glassing downhill

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

Not sure how far down the mountain you are looking but using a tripod that is tall enough to stand with works well or using a helinox chair also works. When looking down on steep country you really have to get over the top of the BTXs so i will start with the tripod lower than when looking across or up.
Personally i use my BTXs to look at big country from a distance, from me(1.5 miles+) and i use my 15xs for anything less than that(1.5miles and under) as a rule of thumb.
If you are going to be looking at steep angles down the mountain all the time it may be better to go with a set of Big Eyes(2 Straight body STS Swaro 65mm Spotters) or run 15xs and a straight spotter.

 

[4ester]

Low tripod is about the only thing you can go. One downfall of that setup.


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[dirtytough]

I've never really had a problem glassing down with it that I can remember. I never had a problem glassing down with an angled spotter before the BTX either. Last year I was looking down off some cliffs at a band of rams. I remember picking out the ram I liked the best and would shoot but don't remember having trouble using the BTX.

This year it will probably become an issue now that I know about it haha

 

[FishTacos]

Thanks for all the insights- getting above it / going with the low tripod was helpful, hiked it up a hill to test those out and had decent results. Tried it with a Boulder/zrest and with a lightweight chair and both worked pretty well.

 

[txx3ddq442]

Probably not possible but if you can rotate it, does it go full inverted such that it's angled down? Depending on the slope, that may give you a straight view down the hill.

 

[FishTacos]

Probably not possible but if you can rotate it, does it go full inverted such that it's angled down? Depending on the slope, that may give you a straight view down the hill.

Not a bad idea, it stops short of a full inversion by a few degrees. It does become a one eye spotter in a pinch though

 

[FishTacos]

This year it will probably become an issue now that I know about it haha

I hope not

 

[robby denning]

I’ve actually use mine from a window mount in the truck quite a bit, and I have to sit on a pillow and dropping the drivers sides wheels off the road a few inches helps a lot. On the mountain, I just get the tripod low get above it.

 

[FishTacos]

I’ve actually use mine from a window mount in the truck quite a bit, and I have to sit on a pillow and dropping the drivers sides wheels off the road a few inches helps a lot. On the mountain, I just get the tripod low get above it.

Getting above it seems to be the only tactic that works well. I haven’t figured out anything else that works yet. My tripod doesn’t go very low so I may end up switching that some time in the future