Equipment & Gear > Scopes and Optics
looking for a good set of binocs. 10x50 ish maybe?
addicted:
I would definately look through some meotpa meopros and some minox. great glass.
I dropped my minox out of a 12 ft stand and they are still like new. I have put them next to leupys, nikons, steiners and bushnells and they beat them all out for clarity. They were pretty close to a pair of zeiss. I found my BL8x56BR for 400 bucks.
high country:
keep in mind that good glass holds its value. I bought my first pair of alpha bins in 1995. I bought them at the store dan evans was working as a salesman pre trophy taker, I paid 850 out the door. they were selling for 1k then, but I haggled with cash in hand. I was a poor kid who made 8 bux an hour and saved my nickles after looking through my 10x50 burris bins and borrowing a friends zeiss.....I was screwed. I hunted that very pair of bins exclusivly for 15 years they never did anyting wrong. I found another pair on craiglist for $400 so I bought them and sold my 15 yo bins for the same exact price I paid for them 15 years and a zillion miles later. currently there are 3 brands that you can get that out of, there are other brands and some are stellar......but will they be stellar in 15 years?
thinkingman:
--- Quote from: Huntbear on December 29, 2010, 06:50:19 PM ---I like a 10x for open country, 8x for the brushy stuff. those big lenses are nice, but if you are carrying them very far, they get real heavy.
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Exactly what I would have said.
8X32 in as good a quality glass as you can afford is the ticket.
You can do MUCH better for $500 than the 'nocs mentioned.
Check out CameralandNY website for open box specials on Minox, others.
You're talking about major steps up from Leupold and the lower-mid Nikons.
Higher end Nikon is excellent, too.
C-Money:
I am a Leupold guy. Back in the mid 90's I bought a $300 pair of 10x50 Pentax bino's. They are excellent! I use the bino system harness and they are not a pain at all to carry out hunting. I cant say enough about my binoculars, I really like them!
Bob33:
Buy the best optics you can't afford. You will never regret it. Many, many others (including myself) have gone down the path of thinking you can get by with less expensive binoculars. If you use them long enough, you'll end up buying something better. If they're not good, you'll eventually end up buying something better. You'll ultimately end up with very good optics, and kick yourself for not doing so in the first place.
50mm is awfully large to carry around for big game.