Introducing: SPOC!

No, I’m not talking about everybody’s favorite logic-loving Vulcan mind-melder. Sorry, Leonard.

It’s the latest innovation from Duckbill Outdoors, a fully integrated system for birders and other wildlife observers to carry heavy optics (specifically, a spotting scope and tripod) hands-free in the field for extended periods. The only solutions currently available to birders are: a) carrying the scope & tripod over one’s shoulder, which gets excruciatingly painful after about 50 yards; b) using a special backpack-like system that carries the scope & tripod on one’s back, usually diagonally. The problem with this is access – it can take way to much time and effort and noisy struggling to try and get the scope off your back when you see a bird in the distance you want to get a closer look at. Not to mention that although not as painful as the over-the-shoulder method, most of these systems are not as ergonomic as they might seem, either. The weight isn’t distributed evenly, causing the user pain, but this time in the long term. Then there’s option c) carrying the scope and tripod separately. This is by far the least efficient method of all. Although it’s the most friendly on the one carrying the heavy gear, it’s impractical to have to take a scope out of its pack, then set it up with the tripod, and hope that you’re able to get all this done before that rare lister flies away.

Lucky for all the birders out there, we’ve finally introduced option “d,” (haha, for ‘duckbill,’ get it?): SPOC, the Single Platform Optics Carrier. You can see SPOC in action (on the strapping athletic and, some might even say Adonis-like frame of some anonymous young buck who certainly is not myself nor have I ever met before, *ahem,* *ahem*…) and read our full coverage of the features and inner workings of this new product, at either Duckbill Outdoors or The Birding Hotspot.

If you’re interested in obtaining a SPOC of your own, it’s as easy as the click of a button – in fact I’m feeling so generous I’ll give you three of them right here & now:

Product SKU#: SPOC-046-ODB

SPOC Heavy Optics Carrier, Black, USD $160.00

Product SKU#: SPOC-046-ODK

SPOC Heavy Optics Carrier, Khaki, USD $160.00

Product SKU#: SPOC-046-OD

SPOC Heavy Optics Carrier, Classic Woodland Camo, USD $160.00

…Happy trails, online shoppers! :)

Take care out there everybody,

-Dennis