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Binoculars
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:06 pm
What are the best light gathering binoculars?
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Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:07 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:08 pm to Splackavellie
I have some that look about like that.
Celestron 8x56's. Made for stargazing, excellent for low light use.
Celestron 8x56's. Made for stargazing, excellent for low light use.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:21 pm to Old Man and a Porch
What’s your budget?
How far are you planning on looking at something?
What do you want to see? Just a deer or be able to count points and spread?
Swarovski 10x50s are some of the best I have ever looked through. If I spent more time glassing I would have a pair.
How far are you planning on looking at something?
What do you want to see? Just a deer or be able to count points and spread?
Swarovski 10x50s are some of the best I have ever looked through. If I spent more time glassing I would have a pair.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:27 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Just ordered my wife a pair of Vortex Viper HD’s in 10x50 for Christmas. She liked my Vortex diamondbacks in 10x50 so I got her the Vipers.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:30 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Leica
Swarovski
Consider a pair of the image stabilizing binos or a pair with built in range finder.
Swarovski
Consider a pair of the image stabilizing binos or a pair with built in range finder.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:48 pm to 257WBY
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pair of the image stabilizing binos
Have you spent any time withthese? Its intriguing and the reviews are good. I've just never seen them in person.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:53 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
No but interested. 18x without bracing your elbows would be amazing. I use my 15x a good bit, but not easy to free hand.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:05 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I’ve had or messed with pretty much every pair of the Zulu 6s. Do you have any questions about them?
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:13 pm to Old Man and a Porch
Got some Maven B.6 last season that have been sharp as hell.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:24 pm to Old Man and a Porch
I picked up some vortex razor hd this year and have been impressed
Posted on 12/19/24 at 11:34 pm to Old Man and a Porch
I have the Swarovski 8.5x42 EL binoculars and the 8x42 EL Range binoculars and they both work quite well in low light situations. A larger objective lens would be more beneficial for twilight viewing though. The Zeiss HT 8x54 or Steiner 8x56 Nighthunter would be hard to beat.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 5:05 am to Old Man and a Porch
Take a look at Maven. 25% off right now.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:14 am to chrome1007
Where do you see that?
Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:49 pm to Royal
I’m on their email list.
It was a flash sale for yesterday only.
Sorry about that.
Day late. Dollar short.
It was a flash sale for yesterday only.
Sorry about that.
Day late. Dollar short.
This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 12/20/24 at 1:25 pm to bigbuckdj
Just whether or not it's as awesome as it sounds
Posted on 12/20/24 at 3:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
They are incredible man, I hand them to people with them off and ask what they think. Then I turn them on and they can’t believe it. Imagine one handing 16s with no shake.
The low light performance in x42s wasn’t stellar and the eye placement was a little finicky in the 16s. The 12s had an incredibly narrow fov but they were easier to get behind. I have the 14x50s right now and recently sold my 16x42s.
I use them for everything, ocassionally I’ll take some small non stabilized 8s bowhunting and I could maybe be convinced to tote a tripod and spotter if I had an early mule deer tag or something where you’ll be glassing for 10 hours.
The low light performance in x42s wasn’t stellar and the eye placement was a little finicky in the 16s. The 12s had an incredibly narrow fov but they were easier to get behind. I have the 14x50s right now and recently sold my 16x42s.
I use them for everything, ocassionally I’ll take some small non stabilized 8s bowhunting and I could maybe be convinced to tote a tripod and spotter if I had an early mule deer tag or something where you’ll be glassing for 10 hours.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 4:15 pm to Old Man and a Porch
I love my 10x42 Swaro EL’s. They seem to be fine at legal shooting light.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 4:23 pm to Rize
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I love my 10x42 Swaro EL’s. They seem to be fine at legal shooting light.
Most of us aren’t in the right tax bracket for that
OP, here’s a deal on Leupold BX-4 12x50s… https://www.eurooptic.com/Leupold-BX-4-Pro-Guide-HD-12x50mm-Roof-Shadow-Gray-172675.aspx I’ve had to convince myself multiple times that I do not need a 3rd pair of binoculars.
ETA: If I was hunting out west a lot and spent a ton of time glassing, I’d spend money on some Swaros, but I find it hard to justify spending that much to hunt whitetails in LA and MS.
This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 12/20/24 at 4:29 pm to Theduckhunter
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I’ve had to convince myself multiple times that I do not need a 3rd pair of binoculars.
Oh man........I don't need a "third pair" of binoculars either, but that's a REALLY tempting price. I use a pair of 12X Vortex Diamondbacks a lot on prairie dog hunts. I can't imagine how nice the Leupolds would be.
Do you already a pair of these??
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