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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 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
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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
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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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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
Here’s what I actually use: Swarovski 8.5x42 EL for all my hunting, including varmints. The resolution and contrast is so good on Alpha glass that if it’s in front of me, I can see it. I also have a Zeiss 10x20 that I mostly use at the pistol range, never in the field as yet. I have a Leica 900 RF bought in 2001! So old. But it works! I use two spotting scopes. Both are Leicas. One is angled 77mm with a 32x “wide angle” eyepiece. The other is a straight spotter 62mm with a 20-60 variable eyepiece. I much prefer the angled scope. BTW the eyepieces are interchangeable if I like.
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Wow - I’m really slumming it in the glass department compared to most but I’m actually really happy with what I have and have sold off more high-end glass because I didn’t see appreciable gains.
All the following are Pentax DCF SP:
12.5x50
8x43 (2 of these)
8x32 (favorite)
Also have Pentax DCF ED 10x43
Spotter - Meopta S1
Rangefinder - cheap Nikon that is only good to 400-500.
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Lecia 2200 HD-B
Swaro 8.5X42 EL
Swaro 8X30 SLC
Swaro 15X56
Swaro 20X60X65 HD Spotter
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Binoculars:
Bino/RF unit
15x
12x
10x SWARO EL RANGE
8x cabelas euro (meopta) HD 8x32, nikon monarch 8x42, (truck binoculars)
Spotting Scope
full size cabelas euro instinct, AKA meopta S2
compact
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Leica 8x42 Geovids for RF
Minox 10x42 truck binos
Zeiss 12x50 Conquest for "Big Eye" use. Still haven't found a tripod adapter I like.
Minox MD50 Cheapo range spotter
Leupold 20x60? straight spotter
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Swarovski 7x42SLC
Swarovski 8x30SLC
Zeiss Diascope 85mm 20-60 angeled (also the digital camera attachment for it for digidcoping)
Swarovski 8x30 rangefinder
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Still haven't found a tripod adapter I like. I see you haven't seen Outdoorsmans.....
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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:
8x
Spotting Scope
compact
Johnny...you know me...theres my pick...for everything. Though I do find a LRF handy at times...
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Tract 10x42
Nikon monarch 7 8x30
Minox spotter md50 angled spotter
Looking to upgrade this year
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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15x56 SCL HD
8x42 EL Range
Leica 62MM w/16-48 eyepiece
The above get used for tag-filling and sit in the safe most of the off season
10x42 Cabela’s Euro and white Leica golf LRF ride in the door pocket of my pickup full-time
8x32 Cabela’s Euro ride in the glove-box of the car I use for work.
Kiddos each have a set of Zeiss Classic 8x30’s.
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Recently got
6x30 Kowas YF
Spotter
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RF Leica 1600
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Big Game 6x30 Yosemites (Brush is dense in the old country east and 80 m is a long shot.)
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This is gonna hurt. How about RF binos? Rick You need to help me out ( when I see RF I think Radio Frequency) and I am thinking to my self I haven't heard of those Bino's. before???
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For carrying:
Leopold Yosemite 6x30’s
Zeiss Victory HD RF 8x45
Tripod or otherwise immobilized:
Leica Geovid 15x56 HD RF
Vortex Razor 20-60x80 HD’s
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This is gonna hurt. How about RF binos? Rick You need to help me out ( when I see RF I think Radio Frequency) and I am thinking to my self I haven't heard of those Bino's. before??? Binocs with Radar??????????
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Rangefinding binoculars.
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Rangefinding binoculars.
😁 I got it, I was just wondering what Northcountry thought the Radio Frequency binocs were for? Incoming aircraft perhaps?
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Rangefinding binoculars.
😁 I got it, I was just wondering what Northcountry thought the Radio Frequency binocs were for? Incoming aircraft perhaps? No actually I thought it might be a new way of measuring distance as I was not familiar with ranging Bino's. Thank you Rick. Cheers NC
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Still haven't found a tripod adapter I like. I see you haven't seen Outdoorsmans..... I will take a look at those. Thanks for the tip.
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Actually writing this down makes me think I have a problem, but anyway...
Vortex Razor HD 10x42
Docter 10x42 (likely 20 years old)
Leupold 10x32 gold ring I think. 15 years old ish and heavy
Meopta meostar 8x32
Meopta meopro 8x32 - liked these enough to buy the upgrades above
Edit - Swaro 8x30 SLC, knew I forgot one
I have been thinking about buying 6x or 7x Kowa but after realizing I have that many sets of binos I don't think that will happen.
Spotting scope is an old turd from Cabela's over 15 years back.
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Leica ultravid 8x42 truck binos
Leica duovid 8,12,x42 on the deck binos
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