Thread: Swaro or Leica

The Swaro 8x20 compacts won the day at the sika Show. got them from Jeremy at Rivers To Ranges. nice bloke and good deal. Will be couriered freight free to me during the week. Looking forward to getting them in the bush.

Blondes or brunettes, probably more personal preference than any real better choice. Swaro has great after care service

I must say I got a Swaro baseball cap at the show and it’s one of the best caps I’ve ever had. It’s fully adjustable, has a great logo and is green. I’m looking forward to wearing it on my next hunt with my Leupold scope/bino combo...

Have been told the Swaros are more robust. Cant comment as have not owned both. My 10x25 Swaros are incredible little binos and have had a real hiding for 15 years. Back to factory once to replace cups and re do joints from volume of use. Internals still fine. Good as new. Love em. After sales service is top notch too. Thanks JP.

Robustness is a term often bandied about by manufacturers of high-end luxury sporting equipment - but it's empty praise, considering most people spending THOUSANDS of dollars on an item, will baby it to no end.

I hear ya. Not in this case. I have carried these binos on my belt for their life time pig hunting. Don't tell Swaro but they have been banged inside the case repeatedly as I crawl through scrub, as well as when the butt of the 44 hits them and drowned in blood as it leaks down over my belt. Definitely worse treatment than most would dish out but they have taken it all and asked for more. And the optics. Oh the optics................... Three mates have the Leica compacts. One of them fell to pieces in the glove box. The other two like them but look after them. Who knows ay??

Originally Posted by Hiawatha

I hear ya. Not in this case. I have carried these binos on my belt for their life time pig hunting. Don't tell Swaro but they have been banged inside the case repeatedly as I crawl through scrub, as well as when the butt of the 44 hits them and drowned in blood as it leaks down over my belt. Definitely worse treatment than most would dish out but they have taken it all and asked for more. And the optics. Oh the optics................... Three mates have the Leica compacts. One of them fell to pieces in the glove box. The other two like them but look after them. Who knows ay??

You heathen. Haha. Sounds like they're getting plenty of lovin'.

Swaro= great except the stupid single trip/use front lens covers. Shit by design
I love my 10x40's (should have brought 10x30's or 8x30's) but I hate the shitty disappearing lens protectors.
Very disapointing given the cost of the bino's

Originally Posted by BSA270

The Swaro [COLOR="#0000CD"]8x20[/COLOR] compacts won the day at the sika Show. got them from Jeremy at Rivers To Ranges. nice bloke and good deal. Will be couriered freight free to me during the week. Looking forward to getting them in the bush.

You mean 8x25?
good choice you will not regret it.