10x or 12x alpha glass

[Rie Bread]

Uh, hope you can return those.....and not for her sake.....

10x32 = 3.2 mm exit pupil. Oof! I'd compare to the 40 or 42s.

I got to test a few different binoculars at several types of light and low light( easy to do right now). between the 32 and 42 my eyes didn’t detect a difference (edit to say a difference that I thought mattered) at the time of testing

I didn’t get to try the 8/42 pures or els.

However weight in hand was pretty noticeable which a half pound was the difference. These would be for bow hunting mainly or to be used for long glassing session off a tripod or in a combo with a spotter. The weight and price of them is what sold me, as well as hand holding stability, of which the pures are amazing.

Realistically what I was looking for was nl pure 12’s which were my favorite but that price is now even more outta reach. Plus those junky diamondback 12x worked ok this season so

 

[Rie Bread]

If I had the money I’d have two pairs of the NLs in 12X for glassing off a tripod and 8X for hunting in the timber.

But I don’t have the money, so I’ll keep slumming my SLCs.

Yeah I agree the 10x32 pures were amazing ergonomic and pretty light in the hand. The 12x42 were nicely balanced too