Pocket binoculars?

[BRWNBR]

Looking at a pair of swarovski 10x25
Pocket mountain binoculars for my Sheep and goat hunting. Swaro are the only brand I’ve looked thru. Anyone here spent any time with the Ziess or Leica pocket glass?

 

[AGPank]

I looked through an older pair of Leica Trinovid 10x25. Glass was clear, but I just could t adjust to the ergonomics. I also felt like I was getting double vision instead of a uniform single field of view. They weren’t something I could look through for very long.

 

[stevevan]

I looked through all of the above. Ended up buying the Swaro 8x25. Very happy

 

[Swift]

Love my Swarovski! My go to run around/pickup/archery binoculars

 

[gr8fuldoug]

IMO, you'd be happier with a pocket 8x than a 10x. Those small binoculars are a tad more difficult to hold steady and the difference between an 8x and 10x will be apparent.

 

[Fjelljeger]

We have a pair of the 10x25 CLs. The wife uses them a lot. Only problem is the rotating eye cups keep falling off. Have received replacements from Swaro under warranty twice in 2 years.

 

[ssssnake529]

I have the ZEISS Victory Compact 8x20 T* Binocular

Optical quality is very good. I like the asymmetrical folding design, as it makes the binos even more compact.


Zeiss VICTORY COMPACT 8X20 T* - Binostore.com


Zeiss Victory Compact Binoculars - a Hands-on Review, by Diane Porter

 

[BRWNBR]

IMO, you'd be happier with a pocket 8x than a 10x. Those small binoculars are a tad more difficult to hold steady and the difference between an 8x and 10x will be apparent.

I’d rather have a shaky 10 than a still kinda shaky 8. I'm just scanning mountians for spots to check with my big eye. But I’ve had clients with 8 power not see what I can see with my 10 power.

 

[boom]

I once took my big binos to the San Francisco ballet. My wife was mortified a bit. I carried them in a messenger bag to maintain desgression.

Oddly enough The guy next to me bought Zeiss compacts. “Opera Binos”

Awww.. cute. It was embarrassing how clear my glass was. I put them away. I felt like a perv looking at all the skinny girls flitting around the stage. The guy next to me, taps on my arm and asked me if he could try mine. Haha. He was okay with being pervy.

 

[Blandry]

We have a pair of the 10x25 CLs. The wife uses them a lot. Only problem is the rotating eye cups keep falling off. Have received replacements from Swaro under warranty twice in 2 years.

That’s weird the eyecups would ‘fall off’ since they screw onto the binos. I did have to send my 10x25’s back to Swarovski after last years season because the hinge broke on one side (a common issue with the folding cl’s). They were returned to me in three weeks good as new.

I did a lot of testing back and forth with the 8x25 and 10x25 then went with the 10’s.

Awesome little binos you can easily pack anywhere. The small(ish) exit pupil restricts field of view over a full size pair but that doesn’t bother me.


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