What Binoculars Do You Prefer?
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I’ve been using a pair of Meopta 8x32 for years hunting deer and squirrel and I absolutely love them compared to 10×42 but to each their own.
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I had 8x32 Bausch and Lomb 2 sets of Elite’s. Lost in 2004 house fire. Replaced with 10x42 Elite’s 2 sets, one for me one for the main squeeze. Always buy 2, like in fishing lures, At the time I was told these were best for bird watching, single adjustment. With proper hold it’s like being there. Crow
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I use Vortex Diamondback for spotting hits at 22 matches on steel. They’re good enough for what I do but not as nice as the higher end brands. Shooting 22 matches I’ve got to look through a lot of binoculars(all off tripods). Athlon Cronus are nice but the best I’ve looked through have been Swarovski these have been the best hands done.
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This topic is all about price ....if you want the best then you have to pay $2000 plus but the view isnt going to be night and day vs athlon ares or cronus
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I use cheap binoculars for all hunting.
I'm either reaching for Nikon Action Extreme @ 16 power for big detail and when weight doesn't matter or 10 power Vortex Raptors when I want a light optic...
If I need more power I'm probably using a spotting scope and also probably shooting beyond 150 yds with a powder burner. Otherwise my rifle scope gets the second look @ more than 16 power done before the shot...
I'm either reaching for Nikon Action Extreme @ 16 power for big detail and when weight doesn't matter or 10 power Vortex Raptors when I want a light optic...
If I need more power I'm probably using a spotting scope and also probably shooting beyond 150 yds with a powder burner. Otherwise my rifle scope gets the second look @ more than 16 power done before the shot...
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I have a set of Leica Trinovid HD as well as Swarovski NL pure both in 10x42.
The Leica image is absolutely stunning, but the Swarovski are on a different plane of existence altogether, even compared to their predecessors. It's not an incremental improvement by any means.
The Leica image is absolutely stunning, but the Swarovski are on a different plane of existence altogether, even compared to their predecessors. It's not an incremental improvement by any means.
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Sworos are always heads and shoulders above the rest optically and so is their price!
My go to/only set of bino for hunting and bird watching is Sig BDX3000, pretty darn good glass with excellent built in range finder. No Sworo or even Leica glass but not that far behind but the building in range finder with ballistics is freaking insane!
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