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Taco280AI:

--- Quote from: Taco280AI on October 25, 2023, 10:48:10 AM ---Swaro binos and a Razor HD gen 2 spotter. Yes the Swaro spotter is better, but for my use the Razor is good, and nearly 1/3 the price for the deal I got.

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Forgot to mention this latest deer I spotted at 1.2 miles with the 10x42 Swaros. Could tell it was a deer, that's all. The Razor HD gen 2 showed it was a 3x4. Have zero doubt a Swaro spotter would show more detail, but ~$3k OTD vs $1156 OTD I took the chance on the HDs. If they didn't cut it I would have returned them and bought the Swaro, but so far so good.

GASoline71:

--- Quote from: Bob33 on October 25, 2023, 12:26:53 PM ---The differences between inexpensive ($100 to $200) and mid-priced ($500 to $1000) binoculars are usually pretty obvious to most people. The next jump up to alpha glass like Swarovski is more subtle and may not be fully appreciated without extensive use. You are paying 50% to 100% more for just a few percentage gains. Glancing through both at the Cabela’s optics counter during daylight hours will likely not show much difference. Looking through them for several hours in more challenging light conditions is where the differences may become more obvious. Collimation that is just slightly off isn’t noticeable initially but can become more so after hours of use.

To me, the value of alpha glass is not just optical but also mental. I know I’m not missing something that I would see with better glass.

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I did that exact thing at Cabela's.  The counter guy set up a Cabela's, a Vortex, a Leupold and a Swaro spotters.  Looking through them the Swaro was superior to my eyes (but the price was far out of my league).  The Cabela's spotter came in last.  I was going to buy the Leupold until I looked through them and then compared the Vortex.  I personally thought the Vortex HD was much clearer than the Leupold spotter.  Whether that was just my eyes or not, I chose the Vortex over the gold ring.  I know some will say I'm crazy, but I saved 200 bucks and got what I feel is a good optic.

Gary

Rainier10:
The subtle differences that bob33 mentioned are key to me.

I had meopta 10x42’s after owning a nice set of Nikons. The meoptas were way better than the Nikons at dawn and dusk.

Then I went to swaro slc’s 10x42. Mid day tough to tell the difference. Dawn and dusk the swaros out performed the meoptas.

Then came the Swaro El’s for me. Again similar mid day but come dusk I could see crisper snd clearer with the EL’s

The last thing that I will agree with bob33 on is looking for a long time through the swaros I don’t feel the eye strain or fatigue. I can look through swaros longer and that is really important. More time behind the glass the better.

Every time we are glassing and my buddy says there is a deer I look with my swaros and can quickly confirm if it is a deer or a stump.

I give him my binocs and I get one of two comments.

Wow that is a great deer, so clear or huh that’s a bush, those binocs take the fun out of this. Before I got the swaros we used to hike a mile to find a bush. Normally on the way to the bush we would bump other deer but I feel like with swaros we would have known the “deer” was really a bush and would have seen the other actually deer between us and the bush. :chuckle:

dlow:
I traded my binos up to Zeiss from Vortex after reading “Blacktail Trophy Tactics.” Zeiss sure makes some quality glass. Now I’m trying to figure out when to and when not to use them for hunting blacktail.

pianoman9701:
I bought a winning lottery ticket worth $500 and bought a Talon HD Binoculars (not a pair. I only needed one). Great glass and it does make a huge difference.

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