Hello roksliders welcome to my current “struggle”. I’ve come into an optics negotiation on a different listing forum. I’m currently running vortex razor 12x50s and have been very pleased with them for a couple years now. I’ve had on 2 ocassions been able to look through swaros and have been very impressed but not to the tune of 1500 or 2 grand plus out of pocket, I usually sell a bunch of gear to get one piece of better gear and that’s how I happens upon my razors. So heres the details:
My Razor HD 12x50s which I like a lot and have come accustom the 12 power.
My Vortex Viper HD 15-45x65 which I hardly use cause I feel I can see better with the razors. Not attached to the spotter at all.
For his Swarovski 10x42 ELs with a tripod adapter
I feel this seems to be a fair trade value wise, thoughts? I’m also worried I will regret going from 12s to 10s but with my lack of experience with Swarovski I don’t know if the power trade off for the better glass is worth it? Hopefully some experienced guys with both glass can give me some schooling, thanks for the time and all your advice guys!
AZspot&stalk
I am in a similar position. I have the razor 12x50s and want to upgrade to swaros but like you I don’t want to drop to slc 10x42s and lose the additional power of the razors. But at the same time the swaro 15s are huge. Does anyone here pack the Swaro 15x’s on a chest rig or is everyone running 10’s and a spotter if they have swaro glass?
Right now I just run the 12x binos on a tripod like you and feel like I don’t need the spotter. I’m really interested in what you have learned and what you decide on going with.