Sig Kilo 10k Gen 2 Review

[AlaskaRed]

Yeah, that's a tough one. Where I live, I have the same issue with boots. Couldn't try them on, had to order them. So I would order 5 or 6 different ones and try them on the carpet and send the ones that did not work back.

Not sure that's financially feasible with the kinds of bino's we are talking about! But maybe you could research and pick the top 2, then order them in and compare them to what you have now and make a decision that way.

One thing to also consider is the ballistics package. Sig and Leica have AB. Revic has their own. Vortex now runs their own package, Geo Ballistics. The tract has Eagleman ballistics. Not sure what Zeiss has. To add, I think Leica may have a limited version of AB that you have to pay extra to upgrade to get the whole package, but not sure on that. Point is, figure out what ballistics package you are getting from the contenders and if you have a desired package that you like, that might help you narrow your choices a bit.

Combined with other quirks or perks that each have, you might find yourself narrowed to a couple suitable choices, then just order them in and send back the loser.

They have one at sportsmans near me. I'll probably bring my old binos in and try to compare them. I use AB app already so the options with AB are my prefrence. The terrain in the picture of your original post is a lot like the terrain I hunt (except the mountains keep going up). Have you found the glass on them a limiting factor? Realistically the hunts that I "need" good glass on I would need to have a spotter anyways. No one counts rings on a sheep with bino's.

 

[catorres1]

They have one at sportsmans near me. I'll probably bring my old binos in and try to compare them. I use AB app already so the options with AB are my prefrence. The terrain in the picture of your original post is a lot like the terrain I hunt (except the mountains keep going up). Have you found the glass on them a limiting factor? Realistically the hunts that I "need" good glass on I would need to have a spotter anyways. No one counts rings on a sheep with bino's.

That'll work. See if they will let you take them outside at the very end of the day., Cabelas used to do that, they'd walk out with you and let you really try them...not so much anymore though so maybe not. But that's where I see most of the difference, but my eyes may not be as discerning as yours so maybe that's not necessary for you.

That picture is a place in SW Colorado, one of the places I hunt elk. Some of the others. in that unit...yeah, the mountains keep going up to 13k plus. We only killed one elk up in the 10-11k range ever. The rest, gratefully, have been much lower down in the canyons in that picture.

On the glass being the limiting factor, no, I really haven't. But the best glass I personally own are some old Zeiss FL's. I did use some Leica Pro's a season or two ago. In both cases, I never felt like the bino's were an issue....frankly, with my eyes, I am going for the spotter pretty quick. But in shooting light, I don't remember ever feeling limited. But maybe if I had a set of NL pures in the field, I'd know what I was missing!

As an aside, I am finishing a review on the Sig Zulu 6 HDX Pro's in 18x. For me, that has been pretty killer. That 18 power really helps!