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OK, soliciting opinions from the many experienced hunters here. I'd love to hear what your battery of glass would be for the following classifications of glass. Feel free to answer as few, or as many different categories as you like. Looking forward to everyone's opinion.
Binoculars:
Bino/RF unit
15x
12x
10x
8x
Spotting Scope
full size
compact
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This is gonna hurt.  How about RF binos?
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I’ll start, but you have a bino group missing:
My personal battery consists of
7x42 Zeiss Dialyt
7x42 Swarovski SLC
10x50 Swarovski SLC
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Have these...
15x, Cabelas/Meoptas
12x, sold my leupold bx4's to get the 15's
10x, 2 pair leupold 42 GR's,1 pair same in 32's, tract Toric 10x42's, 2 pair redfield rebels, 1 pair bushnell legend HD's
9x, pair of leup compact IF 9x25's
8x, none....
spotters, Swaro STS 85
Swaro STM 65
redfield rampage
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This is gonna hurt. How about RF binos? Yes.....I'll add that one. Good point Rick.
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My current glass.....
8x30 SLC's
10x42 SLC's
20-60x65 STS
Leica CRF 2400-R
Leica CRF 2700-B
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Swaro 8x30 SLC in my truck
Swaro 10x32EL are my go to hunting binocs in my pack or on me
Leica 900 rangefinder
No spotter
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Binoculars:
Bino/RF unit; Don’t use.
15x; Swaro and Meopta
12x; Meopta. Wanting to try the Leica
10x; Don’t use.
8x; Ultravid/Trinovid 8X42 and Trinovid 8X32
Spotting Scope
full size; Meopta S2 30-60 WA and Razor 16-48X65
compact; Don’t use.
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Scanners - 8x30 Swaro SLC but will be replaced this year with 8x32 Meopta Meostars
Tripod glass - 12X50 and 15x56 Meopta HDs Meostars
Big spotter - 20-70x82 Meopta Meostar HD S2 spotter
Compact Spotter - Kowa TSN 554
No bin/rf combo. Run Sig rangefinders.
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Leica 8x42 Noctivids
Leupold 6x30 Yosemite
Meopta Meostar b1 8x32 (ordering from Cameraland this month)
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Leica Geovids hdb10x42binos Minox 16x30 compact spotter.
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OK, soliciting opinions from the many experienced hunters here. I'd love to hear what your battery of glass would be for the following classifications of glass. Feel free to answer as few, or as many different categories as you like. Looking forward to everyone's opinion.
Binoculars:
Bino/RF unit
15x
12x
10x
8x
Spotting Scope
full size
compact
Bino/RF: Geovid 2200 HD-R 10x42 15x: The Meostar 15x is on my "to-get" list. Full-size spotter: Razor 85mm. This would be a Meostar S2 if I could get a MRAD reticle EP for it. Compact: I'd sure like to have the Kowa 50mm
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Nothing fancy for me. I drop my stuff.
Zeiss 10x40 Classics
8x Burris Black Diamonds
8.5x Minox
zeiss spotter. Still on my square Leica rangefinder
Good thing I got legs!
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10x42 Leica HD B 2000
10x45 Zeiss Victory T* RF
10x56 Zeiss Victory T* RF
Meopta S2 for truck glass
Kowa TSN-553 for stuffed and hoof’n it
Need
MeoStar B1 15x56
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Swaro 10x42 SLC
Zeiss Conquest 8x32 HD
Zeiss Classic 8x30
Meopta Meopro 6.5x32
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Zeiss Classic 10x40
Zeiss Terra 10x40
Zeiss Diascope 65 15-45
Multiple Leica 1600 and 2000
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Scanners - 8x30 Swaro SLC but will be replaced this year with 8x32 Meopta Meostars
Tripod glass - 12X50 and 15x56 Meopta HDs Meostars
Big spotter - 20-70x82 Meopta Meostar HD S2 spotter
Compact Spotter - Kowa TSN 554
No bin/rf combo. Run Sig rangefinders.
Not to derail the op's intention. But have you put the S2 to the test and where does it rank compaired to the big boy's. Take care, Willie
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10x42slc swaro
8x30slc swaro
Letiz 8x32 ultavid
Swaro 15-60x80 spotter Stx jd.
Leica 1600b
Had swaro and Leica rv binocs but felt I sacrificed optical performance as confirmed by both swaro and Leica tech service.
Still debate if maybe the trade off is still worth it.
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[quote=JGRaider]OK, soliciting opinions from the many experienced hunters here. I'd love to hear what your battery of glass would be for the following classifications of glass. Feel free to answer as few, or as many different categories as you like. Looking forward to everyone's opinion.
Binoculars:
Bino/RF unit Couldn't find a resonably priced unit with glass I likied in 12-15X
15x Sold my Swaros for 12.5 Tract
12x See above
10x Zeiss Classics
8x Tract Toric And Zeiss 8x20 Compacts
Should add a section for compact binos
Spotting Scope
full size 15-*45 Athlon
compact
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12x - Meopta Meostar
8x - Swarovski SLC (42)
6X- Vortex Viper HD (32)
20-60x65 Swarovski STS
Sig & Leica RF.
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