Post by: Hunter mike on October 22, 2012, 07:17:40 PM
So far, I'm very impressed. I spent about an hour comparing several different brands - Nikon, Bushnell, Alpen.
I did a side-by side shootout (1 on 1) of each pair of binos in my price range. I purposely tried to forget which bino was in which hand and switched it around a lot. The Vortex easily outperformed everything else in my pricerange. I had walked in expecting to purchase a pair of Nikon Monarch 3's on sale for $200. They were the front-runners until I picked up the Vortex and then they couldn't compete.
The salesman then gave me a set of Monarch 5's ($230 on sale, I think). They were very comparable to the Diamonbacks, but I couldn't put them better in any particular catergory. So the Vortex won out on being a couple bucks cheaper and a more solid warranty and customer service. I couldn't fault either set of Nikons, but the Vortex were noticably better than the 3's and equal or beter than the 5's.
I'll be pounding the timber in the rain for several days coming up, so I'll report back on their performance.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 27, 2012, 08:05:21 PM
I got a pair of 10x42 Vortex Diamondbacks a couple years ago for $119 from Camera Land. Been pretty happy with them, for the price. I'd love to upgrade to Leica or Swarovski, but that's not in the cards for a long, long time. These seem to be doing the job, and I like that they have a warranty as good as Leupold.I never was much on these Higher brand items ...unless you have alot of money to burn :chuckle: I have a couple Bushnell Banner scopes that have been around for 30 + yrs and never fogged up on me and still shoot dots until today ... think I may get those New Bios they just came out with ! and the way i loose things I sure do not need a pair of Leicas or Swarovski :chuckle:
Post by: bobcat on October 27, 2012, 08:20:04 PM
I got a pair of 10x42 Vortex Diamondbacks a couple years ago for $119 from Camera Land. Been pretty happy with them, for the price. I'd love to upgrade to Leica or Swarovski, but that's not in the cards for a long, long time. These seem to be doing the job, and I like that they have a warranty as good as Leupold.I never was much on these Higher brand items ...unless you have alot of money to burn :chuckle: I have a couple Bushnell Banner scopes that have been around for 30 + yrs and never fogged up on me and still shoot dots until today ... think I may get those New Bios they just came out with ! and the way i loose things I sure do not need a pair of Leicas or Swarovski :chuckle:
I agree, I'd hate to lose a $1500 pair of binos, but my Diamondbacks, wouldn't be the end of the world. I also beat the crap out of them, they go with me everywhere, and I don't have to baby them. I'm not sure I'd even want the high dollar binos for over here in the rain, mud, and brush.
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Post by: Elknut1 on December 10, 2012, 05:37:57 AM
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Post by: WilliamIV on December 11, 2012, 11:08:56 PM
Just a note here, but any interested in Vortex Optics please give us a shot, we generally will beat any Advertised price & most non-advertised prices or Specials. It won't hurt to ask! Feel free to PM me or email me at elknut@elknut.com Thanks!
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If you guys are goung to get Vortex's, You should really go through Elknut1 (Paul). I bought a pair of diamondbacks for $190 from him and they only took two days to get to me! I would/will buy from him again. No hesitation. Thanks Paul! :)
Post by: Intruder on December 12, 2012, 02:15:38 PM
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Lifetime warranty to boot.
Post by: fly-by on December 17, 2012, 08:15:51 AM
Like them so much that I picked up a scope for the .22 also. Vortex Diamondback 2-7x35 with parallax set for 50 yards. Hard to find this combo in the mid price range and all the positives for the binos apply.
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Post by: singleshot12 on December 26, 2012, 01:31:58 PM
I think the Vortex line is made in the Philippines and the Crossfire line in China.
well thats a little more encouraging :chuckle: What made you decide to get the 10x's and not the 12x's?
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on January 22, 2013, 05:01:45 PM
I have a pair of Nikon Monarch's and although I like them the thing that really irked me about them is that the moveable eye pieces suck. One of mine got misaligned off of it's rotating threads and got stuck just like I've read in other reviews. I'm really interested in possibly picking up some 10 by 42 Vortex's.
I had a similar thing happen a couple years ago, send them back to Nikon and they will fix them for free. Nikon has a warranty that is second to only Vortex. I just purchased the Vortex Razor binoculars and WOW, they are great, i currently have the Viper spotting scope but might upgrade to the Razor on that also. Vortex is solid for sure.
Post by: bobcat on January 22, 2013, 05:09:45 PM
Jap sourced crap. do your country a favor, buy american.....
I agree with your sentiment but how many binoculars do you know of that are made here in this country?
Post by: hunting4sanity on January 22, 2013, 05:41:09 PM
Post by: JLS on January 22, 2013, 05:55:15 PM
Jap sourced crap. do your country a favor, buy american.....
I agree with your sentiment but how many binoculars do you know of that are made here in this country?
I honestly don't know what optics you would find, save the upper end Leupold models that are made in the USA. Pretty much everything else comes from overseas, either Europe or east Asia.
Post by: shrek on January 22, 2013, 06:20:47 PM
Jap sourced crap. do your country a favor, buy american.....
I agree with your sentiment but how many binoculars do you know of that are made here in this country?
I buy optics with the little gold ring around the objective lenses....
Post by: shrek on January 22, 2013, 06:22:03 PM
I wish I had know to check with Elknut1. Between my sons and I, we have a pile of empty green Vortex boxes. I've been very impressed with Vortex's spotting scope, binos and rifle scopes. I know there are other good ones out there, but for now I'll go with Vortex.
I'm sorry, you probably piss and moan about the economy too? Kudo's!
Post by: mountainman on January 23, 2013, 10:26:56 PM