ChrisAU
WKR
On a whim I upgraded from Vortex Diamondback HD binos to Swarovski SLC's this past year. Both 8x42. The SLC's are awesome, obviously. I've also really, really liked Leupold BX-4s in the past but I haven't had a pair of the 8x42's. I'm trying to be a bit $ conscious, and I think I know the answer to this but I'd like some other's thoughts.
I love 8x42's for the majority of my hunting, which is whitetail hunting in the Southeast. I do go west one week a year, and love glassing on a tripod, but I've always taken 10x42's to Colorado for elk.
This year we'll be going to Wyoming for antelope, and here I am with just 8x42 SLC's, a backup pair of 10x42 Vortex Diamondbacks (obviously not a 1st team candidate, I keep them for backups only), and a Kowa 602 20-60x60 spotter.
I want to try some big eye binos, but the budget is just tapped for now. I could sell the SLC's and get BX-4 8x42's for the chest and BX-5 15x56's for the tripod, and have my spotter in the pack too and be money ahead likely.
I love 8x42's for the majority of my hunting, which is whitetail hunting in the Southeast. I do go west one week a year, and love glassing on a tripod, but I've always taken 10x42's to Colorado for elk.
This year we'll be going to Wyoming for antelope, and here I am with just 8x42 SLC's, a backup pair of 10x42 Vortex Diamondbacks (obviously not a 1st team candidate, I keep them for backups only), and a Kowa 602 20-60x60 spotter.
I want to try some big eye binos, but the budget is just tapped for now. I could sell the SLC's and get BX-4 8x42's for the chest and BX-5 15x56's for the tripod, and have my spotter in the pack too and be money ahead likely.