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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: Webfoot on November 19, 2018, 09:22:49 PM

Title: Vortex Binoculars.
Post by: Webfoot on November 19, 2018, 09:22:49 PM: Anyone using Vortex Viper HD binoculars? I am thinking about getting a pair of the 12x50's. What do you think about them? Good quality, worth the price?

Thanks
John
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Post by: ghosthunter on November 19, 2018, 09:24:16 PM: I am using Vultures HD and love them.
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Post by: Tschaefer72 on November 19, 2018, 09:37:42 PM: I have the vipers in HD 10x42 and am very happy with them.
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Post by: hunting4sanity on November 19, 2018, 10:27:44 PM: I've never used the 12x50's, but I'm happy with my 10x42's.
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Post by: kirkl on November 20, 2018, 08:31:13 AM: Yep, like others i have the viper HD 10x42 and very happy with them.
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Post by: phx2sea on November 22, 2018, 03:08:46 PM: I run the Viper HDs and have the outdoorsmans bino adaptor and tripod mount. They are solid, you can't go wrong.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on November 22, 2018, 03:10:49 PM: Garbage. Go with the Leupolds.
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Post by: Mulie87 on November 25, 2018, 10:00:22 PM: Yep, 10x42mm and love them.
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Post by: Bronson on November 25, 2018, 11:23:11 PM: This isn't exactly what you were looking for but I had a pair of 8.5x50 (first gen) and I wasn't impressed at all. Hard getting a single view and the icing on the cake was elk hunting one year we were in a cut at first light and could hear something moving in it. My buddy has an older pair of Nikon 8x36 and he could instantly see they were elk, I saw dark blobs. Grabbed his binos and could see much more clearly and tell they were elk. Haven't gone back to them since and purchased a different brand of binos. Don't think I will go back.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 26, 2018, 09:17:26 AM: Quote from: Tschaefer72 on November 19, 2018, 09:37:42 PM
I have the vipers in HD 10x42 and am very happy with them.
I have these for work. Great glass.
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Post by: chiwawadan on November 26, 2018, 10:05:06 AM: After side-by-side testing, I preferred the Maven C.1 10x42s over the Viper HD 10x42s and they're less expensive. I can't speak to the Maven C.3 12x50s versus the Viper HD 12x50s, but I would expect the same results... in case you want to save some extra money! Mavens are $425 and right now they have a 20% coupon code on their main website.
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Post by: kodiak10 on November 26, 2018, 11:50:47 AM: I have the viper hd 12x50. They are awesome, the glass quality is top notch, and they focus pretty quickly. My buddy has a pricer pair of zeiss binocs and I feel his are quicker to focus. I don't see a real difference in the quality of the image between the two. The warranty is a huge selling point for me personally on the Vortex .