Swarovski SLC

[Lightning_Rider]

Well I went to cabelas on friday to check out the gold rings and buy a pair, $1399 later i walked out with my first pair of 10x42 swarovski slc's. All night i tossed and turned wondering if i just wasted that money, until 5am when my dad woke me up to go scouting and we stopped by a local clearing before daylight and i spotted a herd of elk instantly with em! Of course we saw a bear and i didnt have a rifle but i am definately sold on these things and will not be taking them back!!! I went to buy a pair of the gold rings and decided to check out the slc's and the gold rings could not compare to the slc's (IMO).

[time2hunt]

You will not regret your purchase!!!!

[PacificNWhunter]

Congrats on the great glass, I have not been able to pull the trigger yet on a pair.

[Lightning_Rider]

I've been prepairing for it for awhile now... I paid off the cabelas credit card and just went ahead and bought em! So far I couldn't be happier!

[Bigshooter]

Good for you those are great bino's.  I've had a pair of slc 10x50's that i loved until I looked through a pair of 10x42 el's.  Don't look through any el's or you'll want to spend more money. 

[nontypical176]

I've had my Swaro 10x42 SLC's for 15 years now and they are still great binos.  They have made me a better hunter for sure.  Dropped them I don't know how many times, left them on a stump in freezin rain and snow for 2 days before I found them again and had to thaw off the ice.  My buddy bought a brand new pair of $500 Pentax this year and had to use my bino's to count the points on a bull we were scouting.  Mine are used and abused and are still a pleasure to look through.  I have glassed all day long with little to no eye fatigue.  You made a good purchase. 

[BlackTail]

Had a very similar scenario myself.  Went to Cabelas to buy some EL's.  Got them home and compared them to my old Leupold Wind Rivers.  The EL's were better for sure.  But I questioned if they were $1,500 better?  After my first morning of glassing clearcuts, I've never asked that question again! 

[Lightning_Rider]

When i got home last night, i brought out the nikon and leupolds out and sat and compared for awhile but its so hard to tell when sitting on my porch goofing around. Today i got to experience low light, fog, 100yds away, and 1000yds away and i am completely sold on em. I could not be any happier...well maybe if i had el's i would be a little happier, but that'll be my next pair

[Ironhead]

Do yourself a favor and get the winged eyecups. cameraland has them.

[Lightning_Rider]

Thank you, i will look into them!

[halflife65]

You're going to love them.  I had Leupolds (which are good) and upgraded to Swarovskis before hunting season last year.  I've not regretted it.  In fact, I'm kicking myself for waiting so long.

[high country]

the best part is in 10 years you will be able to sell them for a profit.

[MuleySniper]

Nice choice! I love mine and haven't and hope to never find a reason to want to change!
MS

[MtnMuley]

Good decision Lightning Rider.  You won't regret it.   I would suggest looking through winged eyecups before purchasing them.  I thought I really liked them until I broke one and put my old standard eye pieces in.  I personally like my eyes closer to the glass and thought the standard eye pieces made things brighter.  That's just me.  I also had a problem knocking off the rubber on the winged eyecups after they had been used a while.  I'd sell you a new pair I have, but they are for the EL's.

[MuleySniper]

I prefer using mine with the eye cups twisted in. Seems like I gain a little more field of view and if I need shading on the side, I just use my hand.
MS