Thread: Binoculars Advice

Looking into upgrading binoculars from my Bushnell trophy 10x42s have a budget of around the thousand dollar mark am I going to see real gains in binoculars of this price range I have had my eyes on some minox HD 10x44s that seem to get good reviews in this price range or am I better to save more for a much better brand.

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Nikon monarch hg's $1600 clangers and punch right up there with Swaro el's
I didn't believe it till I tried em but have put em to the test side by side and there's f all in it between them.
I'm sure @Moa Hunter will chime in as they were his el's I pit them up against

Originally Posted by dannyb

Nikon monarch hg's $1600 clangers and punch right up there with Swaro el's
I didn't believe it till I tried em but have put em to the test side by side and there's f all in it between them.
I'm sure @Moa Hunter will chime in as they were his el's I pit them up against

Yes - he is still going on about it :-)
You must of really ruffled his Swaro feathers :-)))))))

Originally Posted by dannyb

Nikon monarch hg's $1600 clangers and punch right up there with Swaro el's
I didn't believe it till I tried em but have put em to the test side by side and there's f all in it between them.
I'm sure @Moa Hunter will chime in as they were his el's I pit them up against

was the test as dusk Danny as the light was fading out to dark or just during the day ?

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Originally Posted by BRADS

was the test as dusk Danny as the light was fading out to dark or just during the day ?

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Right up to dark literally, and watching a red spiker long after we could no longer see him with the naked eye.

good result mate
same mag range?

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Originally Posted by BRADS

good result mate
same mag range?

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Correct both 10x42, pretty sure the deer was around 300 yards away from memory, the other bonus is the Nikons are a lot lighter.
Often pick up reds at 1-2km away wouldn't have belived it possible with my old binos

Originally Posted by dannyb

Nikon monarch hg's $1600 clangers and punch right up there with Swaro el's
I didn't believe it till I tried em but have put em to the test side by side and there's f all in it between them.
I'm sure @Moa Hunter will chime in as they were his el's I pit them up against

Never owned them, never looked through them, but I see PhotoGear in NZ are running a promo on the Nikon's at the moment https://photogear.co.nz/nikon-monarc...noculars-8x42/

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Never owned them, never looked through them, but I see PhotoGear in NZ are running a promo on the Nikon's at the moment https://photogear.co.nz/nikon-monarc...noculars-8x42/

Those are 8x42, I see 10x42 are on special $1500 with a free hunter element bino bivvy fark that bloody sharp

Make sure they actually have them though - I tried to buy some bino’s from this outfit, and although advertised on their website they weren’t actually available yet in NZ. Bought them from Sarvo instead, and a lot cheaper.

I had a look through a pair of sig sauer zulu7 10x42 (he paid about $1200) when hunting down south last year i thought they were a big step up from my leupold cascades, and another mate users zulu 5 and they a pretty good pair of bino's aswell. life time warranty
You don't here much about them.

What about the leupold bx4 ?? life time warranty

Originally Posted by bigbear

What about the leupold bx4 ?? life time warranty

I have a pair of Leupold 10x50HD BX-3's and cannot fault them for the money (NZ$660 landed)

Are you considering 2nd hand as well as new? You can pick up some good quality optics 2nd hand if you are patient. For $1000 one you might want to consider is the Bushnell Fusion 1mile ARC RF binos

Considering everything and anything good to get everyone's opinion then I will hopefully only have to buy once cry once

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love the bushnell 10x40s Ive got....the OLD OLD zeiss were great till lost balace between eyes,even using single eye they are still great glass to use,cant bring myself to chuck them away or make into monocular..... the bushnells have spotted me a lot of animals now and sure are great to use....cant see need to upgrade at all.