Does anyone know of a very good 7X binocular? I would like to get a really good one with glass no larger than about 40mm. Either porro or roof prism is fine.

I like and use the Swaro 7x42 Porro. FOV isn't wide like some but fine with me for what I use them for. The non-armored are lighter

7x42 review

Leica 7x35 Trinovid...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co...ABEgKtV_D_BwE&is=REG&sku=1361094

Thanks, guys. At those prices I will watch for used.

I thought that was a pretty good price for a Trinovid

Sell a riflescope!

Ringman, did you turn up anything interesting?

Meopta 7x42. Great glass, great eye relief, great field of view....heavy is the downside. I've been using them a couple of years now and love them.

http://www.meoptasportsoptics.com/shop/en/meostar-b1-7x42/yzsmnda6hh4y/ctgBen.html?interestTopic=3

Not that I can afford now.

What about the Zen Ray ED2 7x36? To me it is about the perfect size and all 'rounder ... around $400


The Nikon Action Extreme 7x35 porro is a little chunky but you get a great view through them a for abuot $120

Thanks for the suggestion. I bought some Zen Ray ED2 7x36 and didn't care for them. So I purchased some Nikon Action Extreme 7x35 porro and compared them side by side on my optics chart and deer antlers. The Nikons were noticeably better. I returned the Zen Ray's for a refund and used the Nikons for a couple years. The center of the glass was good enough, but I want something much better. Again proving one does not get what one pays for in optics. I could use that for a signature.

Isn't it really too bad you can't ifnd a great , reasonably price 7x35ish these days. To me that is THE perfect size. Thanks for the tip on the ED2. I bought some 8x30 ZR HD and was very happy with how bright the dielectric coatings can make newer roofs. There is still a noticeable drop off around the edge compared to porros- or at least porros I have used. I am finding the small 8x30 a little hard to steady compared to the larger 8x42's porros I tend to stick with.

Tom, you do realize that's a brand new Trinovid... Leica released the old standby, but updated, last month in 10x40, 8x40, 7x35.

It's too bad they're not waterproof (just "splashproof" whatever that is).

Still, that's a lot of binocular for the price. I lusted after the 7x35 Trinovid in the early 1980's!

100% agreed... wish Leica made a 7x32 Ultravid.

Can you imagine what that would cost the seven or eight of us that want that?

So true!

Not waterproof--no way! I've dunked everything I own at one time or another, under power or on foot.

I imagine that old 7x35 would still look pretty dang good. Have a 8x32 BA that was bought new. It is the older single coated objective one that still gives a good accounting of itself....and its waterproof. Certainly is stout--can be utilized for self-defense. Carol uses it for birding around the house, now.

I like 7's for still-hunting in the UP in what are hills, in MI. The 7x42 Swaro Porro are dissed for a narrow FOV in a 7, but that isn't important to me for what I use them for. A 7x32 (waterproof) would fit the bill around 19oz, say, with the clarity those porros give me....:)