My experience with Brunton has to do with customer service or better said, non-existent service. I have an Optimus Nova which broke right after I got it. I emailed Brunton, who was the distributor at the time. They never responded. I wound up contacting Optimus in Sweden and got my answer right away. The fix was simple and Brunton could have gotten the same answer I did from Sweden and then sent it on to me, but they ignored me.

On the other hand, when I needed parts for a 20 year old XGK, I called MSR because the newer repair kits sold retail wouldn't work for mine. Not only did they have the parts, they sent me the parts for free.

Based on my experience, I won't buy anything Brunton sells, I don't care how nice it is.