Bino Power

[Wglwrm]

I'm in need of some assistance here fellas... My son and I got drawn for AZ mule deer. His 16th birthday is coming up in a few weeks. Looking at getting him a nice set of binos. Leupold or vortex... where I need the help is power wise - 8x42 10x42 10x50, hell seems like I'm back in math class...lol. what would be the best route?

Thanks and God bless

 

[WNC2500]

What is your budget? Have you ever had any binos, or do you have any now?

 

[Valley1320]

I would go with 10x50s. I have vortex and love them. Leupold is good to tho.

 

[SG25]

Are you dead set on Leupold or Vortex?

 

[WNC2500]

Wglwrm: I have the Razor HD 12x50 and love them. Use them in SC, TX, and MT.

 

[Wglwrm]

I have the vortex crossfire 10x50. I love'em. The kid on the other hand not so much

 

[NoWiser]

Where are you from and what type of hunting do you usually do?

 

[Wglwrm]

I am in south central arizona. Mostly javeillina, and small game.

 

[WNC2500]

Like I said, depending on your budget, I would give the kid the crossfire's and get you some 12x50 Razor's.

 

[NoWiser]

I'd get the best quality 10x42s you can find within your budget, even if it means getting a used pair.

 

[Ajax2744]

I personally like having a pair of 8x and 15x. 8x is good for still hunting and looking through timber. You get a good exit pupil. And I can rely on my 15x for long distance glassing.

That being said if I didn't carry 2 binos I'd run a good pair of 10 or even 12s if I was glassing a long time on a tripod. 10s are not too shaky to where you are able to use them off hand comfortably (and I couldn't say the same about 12s) but they will let you glass longer distances to pick up animals.
And I do like x42 objectives for 8 and 10s especially in nice glass and I don't see a huge need to jump up to a 50 objective.