Swarovski Bino Upgrade

[brymoore]

Can you guys let me in on your armored truck robbery syndicate or whatever you’ve got going on? I’d like to have to make some of these decisions too.

I sold $2,500 worth of unused traps this week. I’ll figure out how to fund the remainder without getting in trouble with the wife.

Sold a pistol and other gear for the 15s.

 

[brymoore]

I’m still in research mode but I’m thinking 12x. I’ll carry the spotter too.

15s will remain at home or get used by a son. I’d make a final decision after using the 12s.

Option B is get 10x and get let them replace my 8.5s in my set up. I have a son looking for a deep family discount to own the 8.5s.

 

[Beignet]

Ya’ll don’t really have to justify the how and why of buying the finest binos to me. I was only joshin’. More power to you fellas.

But seriously, what magnification is best for looking out for 5-0 when you guys are on a heist?

 

[mxracer317]

Ya’ll don’t really have to justify the how and why of buying the finest binos to me. I was only joshin’. More power to you fellas.

But seriously, what magnification is best for looking out for 5-0 when you guys are on a heist?

Swaro btx. Lots of eye relief. Lol

 

[rogerthat]

Interesting. I looked through them when they first came out. They were better than everything I did side by sides with but I wasn’t blown away. Definitely not enough to think they would be that much of an upgrade to my leicas.

To the op, I would get the 10x with what you got.

 

[MTGomer]

10x. you already have 15s, why buy a bino you might struggle to stabilize (12).

The 12x Pures aren’t like other 12x binos I’ve held. They fit in your hands just like the 10s. I think they’re the same size and everything, and with a FOV that is = or greater than the 10x EL they really do handhold well and are incredible on a tripod.

I think they are capable of replacing 10 and 15 for people that use both. The only situation I think you’d miss the 15 may be when looking for coues deer

 

[WanderWoman]

Get the 12s; you won’t regret it. Very easy to hold stable, I can’t believe how light and comfortable they are to hold, and they seem to create light. Well worth it.

 

[The Hedgehog]

12x. You’ll never use the 15x ever again.

 

[brymoore]

I need a Freak chart to old names.

Freaks still pushing 12s

 

[MTGomer]

I need a Freak chart to old names.

I missed the entire Freak thing while hunting and feel a bit out of the loop

 

[thomas89]

I need a Freak chart to old names.

Freaks still pushing 12s

Hard to remember who I did and didn’t like.

 

[BackofBeyond]

Hard to remember who I did and didn’t like.

We remember.

 

[jryoung]

The 12x Pures aren’t like other 12x binos I’ve held. They fit in your hands just like the 10s. I think they’re the same size and everything, and with a FOV that is = or greater than the 10x EL they really do handhold well and are incredible on a tripod.

I think they are capable of replacing 10 and 15 for people that use both. The only situation I think you’d miss the 15 may be when looking for coues deer

What are your thoughts on hunting thicker lodgepole and similar with the 12s? Are they manageable? I guess in comparison to my EL 10x they are relatively equal in terms of FOV, so it's just magnification.

 

[The Hedgehog]

What are your thoughts on hunting thicker lodgepole and similar with the 12s? Are they manageable? I guess in comparison to my EL 10x they are relatively equal in terms of FOV, so it's just magnification.

They are certainly

 

[brian flatlander]

Can you guys let me in on your armored truck robbery syndicate or whatever you’ve got going on? I’d like to have to make some of these decisions too.

I used the cost average method with my wife. Cost divided by years of use made them sound cheap.

 

[BackofBeyond]

I used the cost average method with my wife. Cost divided by years of use made them sound cheap.

Ya, just $100 a year for the next 32 years… piece of cake.

 

[brian flatlander]

Ya, just $100 a year for the next 32 years… piece of cake.

bought a pair of EL 8x42s 24 years ago for $1250 plan on hunting for hopefully 20 more years its workin for me. Damn them things have went up

 

[brian flatlander]

I know you still have to have the money but thats .27 cents a day

 

[ida homer]

I used some NL 12’s in region G this year for a day. They were awesome. I don’t have swaro 15’s, so I’ll likely pick up the 12’s at some point as a do it all. I rarely glass not on a tripod. If you’re gonna keep the 15’s for sure, I would go with the 10’s.

 

[The Hedgehog]

What is better about the 15s in any situation? I used both last year scouting sheep and quickly found there was zero equivalent to it better with the 15s. And they were twice as heavy.