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Just curious what folks are using as far as binoculars with their Kit Bags? I have a pair of Vortex Viper 10x42's which fit in the front pocket but they're awful heavy and bulky. Played with a set of Zeiss Terra 8x25 pocket binoculars at the Outdoor Show in Pennsylvania this past weekend and was pleasantly surprised with them.

Thanks.

Sightron Blue Sky II 8x32 will work and they are not heavy

I don't have any room for binos in mine; I keep it stocked with Natural Light.

I don't put binoculars in my kit bag.

They're on a harness or strap around my neck.




Dave

I'm going to be going to a kit bag or something similar for my binos this next year. Want to find one that will hold a 10x40 bino and a garmin 62 gps.

Alaska Guide Creations is your huckleberry

Tanner

That's the one I was looking at. Looks like a good way to go. I'm over having binos hanging from my neck.

I run 10X40 Leicas and.... some sort of gps in mine. HPG Heavy Recon kit bag.

I had a range finder in there this year too... no pistol means lots of room for other crap that I just have to have.

A wise man keeps beer in his bino bag--it's all about the best and highest use..........


Casey

Thanks. It'll be nice to have that stuff right there and not have to take the pack off to access it.

Always knew you were a man of discriminating taste...

I've been carrying my binoculars on one of those Rick Young bungee cord deals and really like it, but it rides in the same spot the kit bag would. Have you carried both at the same time?

RY is my favorite too.
I'm having a difficult time adjusting to any chest pack and I don't need extra gear in that pack. I use pockets and belt pouches for calls or compass or wind checker.

I wear my 8x20 Alpens on the neckstrap and tuck the binos under a thin bungee on the recon kb.


mike r

Oh yeah. Miles and miles.

That's one of the reasons I like the KB over other chest holsters. My binos don't smack again the gun all day.


Travis

Just as a point of comparison to the Kit bag: I carry binocs, rangefinder, lighter, small leatherman, BIC lighter, lens cloth, and cell-phone at all times, and sometimes run my Delorme in the AGC harness as well. I can't remember what it's called but this is the smaller model without the bottom pocket. I ran a Rick Young harness for a year before I got this deal and definitely prefer the AGC.

I keep my binoculars around my neck. I have two pair that I use regularly. I put a wide strap on both of them. One of them is made by Zeiss 8x30 from East Germany. I've had them for about 10 years. I bought them used on eBay.

The other pair is a Leupold, old style, I bought them new in the late 70s. 9X35 Poro prism, Gold rings.

Both of these have individual focus eyepieces. All of my friends want to hunt with my Leupolds.

I like the HPG kit bag but the zippers aren't terribly quiet for deploying binoculars. I end up leaving it half unzipped but then I have to be careful not to dump the pocket bending over.

I've never considered carrying binos in mine. All I use mine for is a pistol, and some possibles.

I should add I only have the Runner's version.


Travis