Thread: BINO'S Decission

Originally Posted by Snoppernator

Go to stores where you can try the glass outside, look down the road. Go late in the day at lower light. Compare how different binos work with your eyes. Yes you do need to set them up later for your exact eye line but still worth it. Try as many as you can. Glass is an investment. Yes more expensive brands often have more expensive marketing to cover. But more times than not the glass quality and performance at low light will be worth it. Try some swaros, leupold and zeiss binos. They are worth holding off and saving up for in my view. The amount of times I've spent more upgrading than biting the bullet up front on a quality investment.

You might even be able to pick up some good condition Swaro ELs as there has been a range revision. The Swaro NL Pure are even better but $$$. Some people will ve upgrading so keep an eye out (excuse the pun).

I'm not sold on the NL's being "better" than EL's, have owned EL's for quite a few years now, the older model and now the latest WB model and a friend has the NL's, I find zero difference in the quality of the glass however the NL does have a noticeable wider field of view (which is what Swarovski are toting as the "improvement") however I actually don't like the wider field of view as in your mind it just makes you think you're looking at a picture that is further away and I felt myself straining with them, also if you do the "horizon test" with them and look at the horizon out to sea there is noticeably more distortion cramming that wider field of view into the same magnification range