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Same here.

Vortex Sidewinder 10x42. No hugs needed.

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Your dislike of Swarovski is well-known here, but your ignorance is showing, the Swaro. EL. is
one of the best binoculars made. I suppose that means your recs. here do not mean much.

What is it all about ?? Get a life.

Usually either 8x20 Leica Ultravids or 6x32 Leupold Katmai. I like to go lite.



I've had numerous high end Alpha glass but I enjoy the Leupolds more than any other binoc I've owned for the combination of weight, size, FOV, dusk viewing and optical quality.

I have two pair of the Minox HG 10x43 BR's one for myself an another pair for the wife.

Tim

Minox 10X43HG's

10x42 Leica Ultravid (pre HD) and 10x42 Zeiss FL's with Lotutec. Can't decide which one I like more so I run both. It's also nice to have two around in case your buddy is in need of borrowing good optics on a hunt.

Canon 10x42L image stabilized binos. Pure magic. Love 'em to death. If I lost ALL my junk, I'd have to buy another pair. They're addicting.

I have pretty much always had a 10X of some type around.For the last 3 years I've been using a 10x42 Leica UV HD.

10x42 Bushnell Legend Ultra HD.

Hi,

For the last 30 years I have used 10x40 / 10x42 binoculars for all my big game hunting and general use.
My first really good binocular was a Swarovski Habicht 10x40 WA. After 20 years of really hard use it was stollen. Then 2001, a Leica Trinovid BA 10x42. I sold it to buy a Zeiss Victory FL 10x42 in 2005. In 2008 I bought throught e-bay an almost new (made in 2003) Swarovski Habicht 10x40 WGA for an incredible price. These last two are my present general porpouse binocular. Great both!!! Nice examples of the last tecnology, and the great old way to make a binocular to last a lifetime. And then some more.

PH

Yes, 10x40 Swarovski Habicht, porro prisms, bought new in Austria in 1982. Still superb. Had a pair of Leica 10x40 roof prisms, didn't like them near as much, so they went down the road and I've stuck w/ the old Swaros.

When I want really light weight, I default to some older Nikon Nippon Kogaku 8x30s from the late 60s. Also superb resolution, and very compact and light. I also really like a similar pair of Nippon Kogaku/Nikon 9x35s of about the same vintage. Great glass, when you can find them, at great prices.

I like 10x for big game hunting as well. Maybe my eyes aren't as good as others, but it takes at least 10x for me to get a descent idea of the animals head gear.

Seems like with lower powered optics I can just tell if it's a buck/bull/tom or a doe/cow/hen when they are way out. 10x seems to give me a much better idea if they are worth chasing or not.

I own and use 8X and 10X. I've never had too much magnification for my hunting here in southwest AK, but when I lived on the east coast 8X was ample from treestands and the "40 acre" homestead.

Wait, did somebody say that if they were given swaro 10x42 ELs they'd return them for something more reliable? Or did I just dream that? Either way, it was pretty funny.

Talk to Phil Shoemaker. He's an Alaskan Guide and hunts in some of the toughest conditions imaginable. He owns two pair of Swarovski bino's.

10X42 Swaro SLC's. Had them 15 years

Added a par of the older Swaro 7X30's last year (good price,so I bought)which I really like as well.

Still use the 10X42's more

Funny, my Leica 12x50bn's have been sent back to Leica two times for repair of a [bleep] focal adjustment that went crazy both times (no fault of my own and a charge of $250). My Swaro EL 8.5x 42 have taken a beating over 7 years and are working properly to this day.

What has been your personal experiance with the Swaro EL series E ?

Good luck with that.......

Sure do, 10X42 SLCs. Great binos. I just bought a pair of 8X30 SLCs from Doug (AT A GREAT PRICE) to complement them. And when range finding is critical, my 8x42 Leica Ultravids. Great binos but heavy. jorge