Originally Posted by rosco1
old pic, but its what I use still.

Swaro 15x56, tripod is a swaro carbon tripod. (cant remember who makes these for them, bogen?)

Bino's are awesome (understatement), tripod is junk, I've broke it 4 times, in 4 years..the legs work fine and are light, but whatever head swaro puts on it is a POS,I expected a bit more for 800 bucks..I need to get a new head that will take some abuse.

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If I was looking for high magnification optics to be carried aroundI would have looked at Cannon binos with image stabilization. Evaluating both against star lit sky should help to evaluate quality of glass and coatings. If the Cannons past the test you would not have to carry "canes" with you. I suspect good deal of money could be saved as well.