Thread: Decent bino recommendations.

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Yep I have had a pair for 4 years, brought them after a lot of on line research such as bird watching forums etc.
I have used them side by side with Leopold Mojaves, Swarovski El and zeiss conquest.
They were noticeably better than the Mojave and conquest especially in brightness, contrast and most important to me field of view- they are like looking through a 8x for FOV amazing. They were neck and neck with the ELS and my mate was amazed at their quality, they missed out on resolution on dusk compared to the swaro by around 5 mins , so fuck all really for the price.
I highly recommend them.

The ED2s seem to be well priced at Scopeuout (never heard of the site before?).

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Vangard endeavour ED are wicked, they have won a few awards.

where can they be purchased ? is there a NZ stockist or an online retailer that will send to NZ ?
got a link ?

Originally Posted by dannyb

where can they be purchased ? is there a NZ stockist or an online retailer that will send to NZ ?
got a link ?

Hamills rangiora stock them I think

Originally Posted by dannyb

where can they be purchased ? is there a NZ stockist or an online retailer that will send to NZ ?
got a link ?

https://www.kiwibinoculars.co.nz/sho...avor-ed-10x42/

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Hamills rangiora stock them I think

https://www.scopeuout.co.nz/

I have bought from these guys here in NZ, great to deal with

@Snowgrass what is your mate doing with the cascades?

Originally Posted by bigbear

@Snowgrass what is your mate doing with the cascades?

Not sure at this stage, will wait and see what he does with the upgrade which will probably be in a month. If he wants to sell them after I can give you a message?

I've got a pair of bx-3hds (old bx-4s) recently compared them to ziess conquests. At dusk imo the ziess were a tad sharper and clearer. But for the $$$ that I got my bx3s for then it was worth it otherwise I'd go ziess. No experience with other stuff. Both 10x42.

I used 10x42 Kahles binos for a while. For the price they were excellent. Only design aspect I did not like was a bit of chromatic aberration when looking at very high contrast areas (snow on dark rock). They seem to sell for around $1000 second hand in excellent condition (which is what I sold mine for).

Originally Posted by Shearer

I think @Tahr has had some Vanguards?
+1 for the Kowas. I have the BD10x32XD and are really impressed with them.

The ED Vanguards are fantastic value and quality. I highly recommend them for hunting and I've used a lot of top brands over the last 55 years. They really ram one up the Euro snobs


https://www.allbinos.com/allbinos_ra...king-8x42.html

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

https://www.kiwibinoculars.co.nz/sho...avor-ed-10x42/

Make sure that you get the latest model (unless you want to save some $$). I think that the latest are the ED11.

I got mine from here: https://www.jacobsdigital.co.nz/coll...r-range-finder

Great internet service.

I love my Mojave HD pro guides 10x42, I got them over in states for $600 which was less than half price at the time. Think they're between $1000 and $1500 here in NZ. Glass is bloody nice and also just the fit in my hands is great, which is a big thing for me. Nice small compact body as well.

Have a look on this site, I got a set for half NZ price and delivered to my door in 5days.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/brows...9/N/4294541838

Originally Posted by DBD

Have a look on this site, I got a set for half NZ price and delivered to my door in 5days.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/brows...9/N/4294541838

I take it they're prices are all us dollar? No trouble with customs?

At the bottom of the web page you can change to NZ $. No issues with customs.