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They performed well and I noticed less eye strain with extended periods of glassing.
We all have our budgets - I just bought a slik III tripod when I really wanted and Outdoorsman compact but $79 vs $500+ Of course now Im running a $2k spotter on a $79 tripod which is not so smart either. heh
I'm TOTALLY sure there's a notable difference in optical quality between alpha glass and the Vortex(for example) that I use. I just use pretty good stuff. Not the best, good enough for me. I think it comes down to how OCD are you . My Vortex 15's have a sort of noticeable, faint out of focus ring around the outer perimeter of the field of view. It's a lower quality optic thing and I'm aware of it, but it doesn't bother me. I just move the bino's a little if I need to be totally focused. I can see @Bushcraft cringing and grinding his teeth as he reads this I bought the Vortex Vulture 15's after reading Robby Denning's great review of them on the Rokslide website. He focused on bang for the buck, and that's where I'm at. I have a pair of Maven C1's for the same reason. Ryan gave those bino's a really nice review there as well.
Heck, it turns out quality glass matters a lot when you're trying to make sure a sheep is legal in the Yakima Canyon as the light is fading.
What ever happened to Zen-Ray ? I thought those were damn good binos and still very reasonable !!
Quote from: Rainier10 on October 16, 2019, 03:36:23 PMThey performed well and I noticed less eye strain with extended periods of glassing. You can't sit still for more than 11 minutes at a time.