Thread: Maybe my most anticipated purchases

Originally Posted by Snowhawk

Thanks for the info ...keen to hear your thoughts on the glass.
I'm interested in pairing a set of the binos with a Sig BDX scope. Can purchase the binos in OZ for around A$1800 or NZ$1950

After having these for about a week so far and getting in the hills only for a short time, I can say that the glass is better than I expected. Very bright, crisp and very clear. I still need to compare to the Vortex version and a few mates with high-end European binos.

In bright sunlight and ranging tussock I can reach to a little over 2,990yds and on dark surfaces when overcast over 3,400yds.

There are only two little things that I find odd:
1. The focus wheel is set back maybe a little far and from my natural hand position, I feel like I'm having to reach back with my finger to turn the wheel
2. The reticle and displayed information is configurable from 30 to 180 seconds before it automatically "sleeps". I wouldn't mind if this was configurable to say 15 seconds (but given this I'm spending lots of time just measuring stuff at the moment, it doesn't actually matter). But if using the correction data from the reticle, 30 seconds or more might be good too.


Struggling to find to much wrong at this stage, and will get a few more glassing days in to try and pick some holes in them. As expected, they are heavier than a normal pair of binos but compared to other rangefinding binos, they are in the same ballpark at just over 920gm. The Bushnell ARC are 880gm and Geovids are 975gm. This is the same weight as my previous Binos and separate range finder. Will be interesting if I noticed this during expected glassing periods. They do have a removable cover to allow for a tripod mount if you are "that way inclined".

These are sold in two different laser models, R3(US Market) and 1M(EU and other). the 1M is getting shipped into the US too, as this is what mine are. I believe the R3 is a higher powered laser and therefore should result in longer distances. But finding the 1M pretty bloody good! I'm aware that these are on order and maybe in transit to NZ for retailers at the moment, I'm not sure what variant is going to NZ, but either is very suitable I would say.