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Buddy is looking to upgrade his hunting binoculars. Right now he has “Brunton” binocs. His budget is “something under 600”. With that kind of budget, what would you recommend? Something light enough to carry around, whitetail hunting. Not something tiny but no “big eyes” or 12 zoom, etc.
What day you? Thanks for the feedback.
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Here’s an idea
Go to a sporting goods store and look through binos priced under $600 then decide for himself
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Can’t imagine, with the lighting and distance involved, “looking through them” in a sporting goods store, offerers much useful info when comparing between brands and models.
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Can’t imagine, with the lighting and distance involved, “looking through them” in a sporting goods store, offerers much useful info when comparing between brands and models. Most let you take them outside
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Tract 10x42, maybe even the 8. Terrain pending
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Can’t imagine, with the lighting and distance involved, “looking through them” in a sporting goods store, offerers much useful info when comparing between brands and models. You shopping for him tells him even less. My eyes are most likely different and my ergonomic preferences too. I shopped and found what I liked by doing what rcamuglia suggested.
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I'd see if Doug could set him up with a German Precision Optics Passion ED 8x42.
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I'd see if Doug could set him up with a German Precision Optics Passion ED 8x42. Timing is perfect, we have an open box, same as new one for only $449.99
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I'd see if Doug could set him up with a German Precision Optics Passion ED 8x42. Timing is perfect, we have an open box, same as new one for only $449.99 RBH- There's your sign. 
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I'd see if Doug could set him up with a German Precision Optics Passion ED 8x42. Timing is perfect, we have an open box, same as new one for only $449.99 RBH- There's your sign. Whatever you say Bill! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Tract 10x42, maybe even the 8. Terrain pending This^^
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If Doug can’t fix him up with something, have a look at that other thread about the best bag for the buck posted earlier. About all you can tell looking through binos in a sporting goods store is a binos ergonomics. Those places are so well lit that near anything will show up well. Kind of like seeing your wife’s diamond in a jewelers case. Take it home and you’ll wonder where the sparkle went.
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Actually the Vortex Viper 10x42's are very good and well within your price range.
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Buddy is looking to upgrade his hunting binoculars. Right now he has “Brunton” binocs. His budget is “something under 600”. With that kind of budget, what would you recommend? Something light enough to carry around, whitetail hunting. Not something tiny but no “big eyes” or 12 zoom, etc.
What day you? Thanks for the feedback. I know John B. mentioned the Burris Signature as better than their cost and something he was very high on. Under $400
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I'm sure I'll get dog-piled for this recommendation, but I'm going to do it anyway.
I'm not a Nikon fan AT ALL, but I gotta tell ya, I have two sets of $250 ProStaff 7S 10-42 binos that are every bit as clear as my $1,000+ Zeiss units.
Every time someone comes over (I have 160 acres) I have them do a comparison as well, and everyone has agreed. I have plenty of other chitty binos, but the Zeiss and Nikon 7S are plenty good for me.
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Windfall posted this on a Thread I started. "The Celestron TrailSeeker ED at $380. was the #1 rated mid-range binocular in a recent birder site where they rated 15 different binos up to the $640. Vortex Viper. That Vortex was rated at #4. Birders are pretty particular about their binoculars." So I looked into them and they were better than the Vortex Razors 10x42 and another bird site rated them #2 under the Athlon OpticsMidas G2 10x42 UHD Binoculars. I choise the Celestron TrailSeeker ED because they are $259.00 right now. https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-Tr...7&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15https://cameralandny.com/shop/brand...0137-81c4-00163ecd2826?variation=2075643
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