Is Tamron 28-300mm AF without VC, a good lens?

Who could tell me if this is a god lens? Even so it does not have a VC capability, I mean is VC really a worth spending an extra $200. 00 bucks. My Nikon uses VR and this lens seems to be a good choice. But i'm wondering if the lack of vibration compensation will be a big deal, I don't shake that bad lol! Anybody?

VC is very very useful. Especially at the 300mm range.

Which would you prefer?
no VC (300mm at 1/250 sec)
with vc (300mm at 1/60th sec)

Those are the speeds you likely need to get reasonably sharp photos.

At shorter focal lengths; it won't matter as much.
There's a suggested guideline that you should shoot at the reciprocial speed of your focal length. Where 300mm needs 1/300 sec and 100mm should be shot at 1/100 sec. This is up to the 1/60 range where any focal length less than 50mm can be hand held at 1/60 sec. So 28mm can be safely hand held at 1/60 sec. 1/30 sec is usually pushing it, sometimes you'll get sharp photos, sometimes not.

This is an offering in what is referred to as the "superzoom" class of lens. It's an effort to create extreme convenience in a single lens. The zoom ratio on this lens is 10.7x magnification. At such a magnification range, the lenses elements can't compensate for all focusing situations.

You will find that there will be heavy barrelling turning to heavy pincushioning (both undesirable distortions) as you move through the zoom range. You'll also find that the corners of your images will never really be in proper focus.

In all honesty, you're better off to save your money and buy prime lenses of various focal lengths as you can afford them and, if buying a zoom for convenience, keep the zoom ranges reasonably short. In the end you'll enjoy the results much better.