I have a set of 12x50 Cabelas Meopta binoculars that have some minor issues that I’m going to send to Meopta for possible warranty work. My question is, how much better are current Meopta binoculars or even Swarovski SLC binoculars because I may just go ahead and upgrade. Thanks in advance.
My understanding is Meopta will not warranty them. Has something changed?
I contacted Meopta and was told to send the binoculars in and they would be “evaluated”. Regardless, I’m considering upgrading and that’s why I’m looking for opinions on the Gen 1 Meopta vs Swarovski SLC
If you want to save money buy the Meopta that is its only advantage.
Let me add that I have had the following B1 Meopta binoculars. 7x42,8x42,8x56 and 10x42(which my brother now owns)
I have used a Swaro SLC 8x42 and 10x56 for deer hunting the last few years. Yeah they were worth every penny.
Cabela's chose to NOT contract with Meopta for warranty work. I know you can send items to Meopta for repair but it comes at a cost. I believe it's been 4 years now since Meopta made products for Cabela's. As others have said and I concur, spend the money and buy a quality bino that has a lifetime warranty from a reputable company.
If you do want to upgrade to a MeoStar, reach out to Doug and I bet he can help you out. He treats Campfire members very well.
Cabela's chose to NOT contract with Meopta for warranty work. I know you can send items to Meopta for repair but it comes at a cost. I believe it's been 4 years now since Meopta made products for Cabela's. As others have said and I concur, spend the money and buy a quality bino that has a lifetime warranty from a reputable company.
If you do want to upgrade to a MeoStar, reach out to Doug and I bet he can help you out. He treats Campfire members very well.
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I still can't believe Bass Pro screwed over Cabelas customers and got away with it like they did. That's pathetic.
Wait until you take your bino back to Cabela's because they have a lifetime warranty, and they tell you that they consider the lifetime of the bino to be five years! Then you'll go ballistic.
That's horrible. I bought the Euro line from Cables in both binos and a scope. I hope I don't have issues. However, I have a high opinion of Meopta glass. Nobody can touch for the same money. Also, I'll add Nightforce SHV sucks a mean a$$.
Wait until you take your bino back to Cabela's because they have a lifetime warranty, and they tell you that they consider the lifetime of the bino to be five years! Then you'll go ballistic.
Lolol….if they told me that you’re damn right I’d go ballistic. If 5 years was the intent then they should say that but something tells me that any judge presented with those facts would not agree that Lifetime warranty actually means 5 years.
Several years ago I bought an electronic dog collar for our lab. It cost me around $350 iirc and I bought the extended warranty for $50 through Cabelas which gave me an additional 2 or 3 years of full coverage. After a few years the collar started acting up and not performing like it should. I’m pretty good about keeping the boxes of higher cost items along with the receipt that I tape to the inside box flap. I was about 2-3 months from the end of the warranty when I took it back to the store. They had done away with the option of purchasing additional warranty coverage a year or so prior and the clerk began to squawk so I requested the manager. The manager explained that they no longer offer additional warranty coverage, as if that made a damn bit of difference, and he didn’t want to honor the warranty. I showed him the receipt, the additional warranty and the highlighted text that stated what I was entitled to based upon their product breaking and the contract for the extended warranty. I was polite but firm when I told him that he’ll either honor their commitment or I’ll swap it out myself since I bought and paid for this “privilege”. In fact I had the exact same brand new unit in my hands at the front counter for the exchange.
It was resolved…finally when he “decided” to honor the contract and exchange their broken unit for the new one…all under the terms of THEIR contract. You’d think that those son of a bitches had to pay for the returns out of their own pockets. It left me with a foul taste for Cabelas…or Bass Pro or whatever they are now.
It is crazy how hard it is to get some companies to honor their warranty. When I did some work for Nikon ( lifetime warranty), I had to buy 2 scopes for an event, and they tried to sell me at check out an extended warranty. I told the gal, these scopes shave a lifetime warranty, and she looked at me as if she didn't understand. So I replied, no, I do not need 2-lifetime warranties. Then again, who knew Nikon would stop making scopes or fixing them?
I got screwed by BPS when I was told my Cabela’s waders and boots lifetime warranty would not be honored at Cabela’s per policy change by azzsuck Johnny Morris and his BPS shills.
What’s a Cabela’s?
If I ever heard of such a place. I’ve long forgotten them as a source for anything other than a place to find oneself frustrated.
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Look at the way the Cabelas stores are being maintained. The floors and furnishings are worn out, half the lights in the buildings don’t work, the sidewalks and parking lots are full of potholes…at all of their locations! Johnny Morris is behaving like a slumlord. He bought a bunch of good properties and is skimming all the profits and depreciation he can. He is selling products which are wallyworld quality, under the respected Cabelas name, for premier goods prices. He has no intention of honoring any warranty. He will run the brand into the ground, Cabelas will declare bankruptcy and then the properties will set empty like the shopping malls and other chain store such as Shopko, KMart, etc.
Damn hillbilly!
Look at the way the Cabelas stores are being maintained. The floors and furnishings are worn out, half the lights in the buildings don’t work, the sidewalks and parking lots are full of potholes…at all of their locations! Johnny Morris is behaving like a slumlord. He bought a bunch of good properties and is skimming all the profits and depreciation he can. He is selling products which are wallyworld quality, under the respected Cabelas name, for premier goods prices. He has no intention of honoring any warranty. He will run the brand into the ground, Cabelas will declare bankruptcy and then the properties will set empty like the shopping malls and other chain store such as Shopko, KMart, etc.
Damn hillbilly!
^^^^^^^^^He also owns most of the malls where BassPro is located. The way that Cabelas sale was orchestrated stinks to high heaven.
i have a scope there now and they want 350.00 to fix it...i dont care who sold it the box and all the literature says Meopta and covered for any reason...if you go to there web site it says the same thing and doesnt exclude any particular product so how can they refuse its their product
Cabelas under Bass Pro has gone down the toilet but so has Sportsman’s Warehouse. I went in to the closest SW a couple weeks ago and was blown away by their prices…they were more than Cabelas on everything. The other intelligent business decision that some douchey bean counter made was to eliminate the salmon and bottom fishing gear so we can expand our bass and panfish section adding a much bigger display of crank baits 😂
Nice job DIPSHITS…
Cabelas under Bass Pro has gone down the toilet but so has Sportsman’s Warehouse. I went in to the closest SW a couple weeks ago and was blown away by their prices…they were more than Cabelas on everything. The other intelligent business decision that some douchey bean counter made was to eliminate the salmon and bottom fishing gear so we can expand our bass and panfish section adding a much bigger display of crank baits 😂
Nice job DIPSHITS…
I have one 10 miles from here, My biggest purchase has been some ammo.
I still can't believe Bass Pro screwed over Cabelas customers and got away with it like they did. That's pathetic.
Wait until you take your bino back to Cabela's because they have a lifetime warranty, and they tell you that they consider the lifetime of the bino to be five years! Then you'll go ballistic.
Look at the way the Cabelas stores are being maintained. The floors and furnishings are worn out, half the lights in the buildings don’t work, the sidewalks and parking lots are full of potholes…at all of their locations! Johnny Morris is behaving like a slumlord. He bought a bunch of good properties and is skimming all the profits and depreciation he can. He is selling products which are wallyworld quality, under the respected Cabelas name, for premier goods prices. He has no intention of honoring any warranty. He will run the brand into the ground, Cabelas will declare bankruptcy and then the properties will set empty like the shopping malls and other chain store such as Shopko, KMart, etc.
Damn hillbilly!
Cabela's used to have some good stuff, clothing, equipment, gear etc. They started going down hill right before Wal Pro bought them out and sharted all over the quality. They got rid of a lot of good stuff and the remaining is no where near the quality....as they run it into the ground.
Lifetime warranty is history, now it's 90 days. RIP Cabela's.
I bought cabelas euros quite a while ago. A year ago or so I sent them to meopta for alignment and then they found something else as well. They charged me 250. I have to say they came back looking absolutely new. I had to check the serial number to see if they were really mine. I think quite a few parts were replaced. The invoice is in Czech so I can’t read it.
In my opinion I could not have gotten any near this quality for 250. Yes it was not fun paying for something that should have had a warranty but that is with cabelas and bps not meopta.
I will say Erik at meopta USA was very easy to deal with and I only paid shipping to him in Florida. They handled getting them to and back from Czech Republic.
I won’t tell anyone not to buy good glass. But these are pretty dang good glass for 250.
Again not an ideal situation but it was a good option given the bps debacle.
They were gone at least 3 months. But Erik was very upfront about that too.
I will not be shopping at either cabelas or bps again.
Much better options.
Cabelas used to be a very fine company. Used to be is the proper term. Had a credit card of theirs fo many years, no more.
Didn't Cabela's/BPS buy out Sportsman's Warehouse, also?
Cabelas under Bass Pro has gone down the toilet but so has Sportsman’s Warehouse. I went in to the closest SW a couple weeks ago and was blown away by their prices…they were more than Cabelas on everything. The other intelligent business decision that some douchey bean counter made was to eliminate the salmon and bottom fishing gear so we can expand our bass and panfish section adding a much bigger display of crank baits 😂
Nice job DIPSHITS…
EXACTLY.
SW/Bass Pro/Cabelas are probably great if you live in the Midwest, the Great Plains, New England, the Rocky Mountains, and the deep South. But if you live in western Washington or Oregon, then you're on your own. Not enough blacktail deer, Roosevelt elk, or salmon to make it worth their while...
I get Cabela's cards for birthdays and Christmas but they're not the first place I look for gear.
Okie John