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Been using guns with open sights a lot lately,what’s the best set of compact binos to use since I don’t have the option of using a scope to confirm if what I’m looking at is a deer ear or a leaf blowing in the wind?heard the leupolds are good bang for buck .. thanks
Leica 10+25 not cheap but buy once cry once
Swarovski 8x25 for bush
For bush hunting I use Leupold BX-1 Yosemite 6x30mm, great compact bino and the 6x is good for quick one handed looks, and they are certainly cheap enough for you to not worry about them getting bashed around and scratched up, they ushally tuck inside my shirt or jacket nicely, not good out in the open though certainly want to spend a bit more for open country binos.
I use stiener safari
Any of the low power 6-8 compacts with a wide fov and good depth of focus would be ideal. You dont need 10x in fact you probably only need 4x.
Even in open country a 6 or 8 is suitable for 98% of things and if you need a closer view use that 4-12, or 3-16 fancy scope.
If you're after bang for buck, the Leupy Yosemites are hard to beat alright, 6x if all up close bush stuff, or 8x if you hunt bush and a bit further out.
i have aset of nikon travelite 8x25 if you are interested
I always carry this. Bushnell 8x monocular.
Not the greatest glass but works a bloody treat. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a0b3d2353d.jpg
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A few years back I bought a pair Leica 10x25 as a spare, and to use while I was fishing. Bloody excellent! Saw animals within 2 minutes of using them, they fit in your pocket, so out of the way, light, and bloody good glass. You wont need 10x for the bush tho. And I use these if Im going on a bit of a backpack mission and want to go lightweight.
If you are on a budget I can recommend Leupold Yosemite 6X30. They are part of the BX-1 series these days. Really compact, super lightweight and perfect magnification for in the bush. Like you I used them for confirming deer when using open sights. I usually carry them bush hunting but don't tend to use them much with the scoped rifles. Handy if you have to look over a clear, river flats or if you unexpectedly hit the tops (sometimes the day just moves you...).
Great for the kids, as light weight, 6 power doesn't shake as much as say 10, and when they inevitably drop them it doesn't make you wince as much as the Leica's etc will.
Still if you can afford compact European glass, then that will always be better.
If you can afford the Swaro Mountains are the pick
Lovely little units
I use the Leupold Yosemites 8x30 under $200.00 if you shop online :thumbsup:Quote:
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Not much better than a porro prism binocular like the Leupold Yosemite 6x30. Porro prisms used in traditional angled binos (including the Leupold Yosemite 6x30) are born optically superior to the roof prisms used in modern straight tube designs.Quote:
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Roof prisms require expensive coatings to more fully internally reflect light and so you need to go expensive to get extra bright view. Silver coatings are brighter than aluminium coatings but then require protection from corrosion and on it goes and price goes up. Porros on the other hand require no aluminium or silver coating to assist internal reflection and will transmit light as bright as the best silver-coated roof prism. Porros also allow wider separation of the objective lenses, giving you a more "3D" view of things closer up. Porro's one disadvantage is heavier weight, which in a 6x30 is cancelled out by lighter lenses elsewhere in the binoculars. Much of the weight in 10x binoculars come from needing thicker lenses to bend light more, not from their prism systems, for example those Yosemites weight about 480grams, not unusual to find 10x42 straight binos weighing 750grams. But once you go big magnification you really need to go straight tube roof prism higher price level, unless you don't mind weight.
Surprising low price label, I would get a pair but already have some Zeiss glassed 6x30s.
Leupolds it is then! Thanks for the info team.
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I have the Yosimete 6X30 for the bush and a new (got them under warranty) BX-4 10X42 for tops/tahr etc.
One day I'll get a a flash erou in 8X30 and just stick to the one set.
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Prices here in NZ & Aussie are now cheapest in the World on Swaro apparently
