Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Cost for next meaning meaningful step up in binos

I bought a pair of Meopta "Demo" 8x42's a few months ago for the neck snapping amount of 699. One can shop and buy Swaros at 1k more or less and they have better resale value if that is what you do. That said these Meostars are very very good binos.

The first and last 15 minute argument is certainly worthy of discussion, but I think in many cases it is overemphasized and probably applies to a fewer number of instances and shooters than suggested. No doubt it applies to many hard core whitetail and some muley hunters (such as many here) but for the rest of the world.....

Unless you are near or exactly positioned from where you will shoot, once your game is spotted, you are often going to gave to close distance or reposition yourself which is going to burn at least a few of those critical minutes. You may or may not end up getting a shot.

That said, each person needs to decide for themselves the rate of return the alpha glass or investment in an illuminated reticle will bring.

Just food for thought.