Thread: What Binoculars are you using?

Originally Posted by shift14

Swaro EL Range 8x42. For what hunting I do I prefer FOV over magnification.

This happened

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Cost me postage postage to Swaro NZ.
Three weeks later they were back on my doorstep. Full refurbishment and test. New eyecups. Test sheet included.

No charge...zero.

And I bought them off eBay (as with a Z5 and Z6) before they were readily available here, and never had a problem with after sales service.

B

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Originally Posted by Philipo

Buy once cry once - Swaro 8 x 32 EL's, awesome binos & will do everything you need & want

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I used 10x for years guiding until I looked through Phil's 8x binos I would never go back, tops or Bush makes no difference ya just find way more animals.

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Cheer all, I might take hotbarrels advice and wait till the Sika Show, O like the idea of trying them all out.

Pretty well set on either 8x32 or 8x42, should I need more magnification down the road I'll look at a spotting scope.
Surprisingly the 8x32s specs show the same FOV as the by x42s so may consider going for the smaller lighter ones for ease of carrying, which translates to more likely to have them on me.

Originally Posted by BRADS

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I used 10x for years guiding until I looked through Phil's 8x binos I would never go back, tops or Bush makes no difference ya just find way more animals.

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Excuse my ignorance, but how do you find more animals with 8x over 10x? @BRADS

Originally Posted by hotsoup

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you find more animals with 8x over 10x? @BRADS

I reckon it comes down to field of veiw mate but really no idea
We did some testing on the tops a couple of years ago with @Philipo and other 3 hunters
8x 10x and 15x all el Swarovski
We all found more animals with the 8x binos than the others even at over 1500 yards where the 15x should of shined.
Probably a personal thing like brands as much as anything but I'd never go back to 10x myself

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Originally Posted by hotsoup

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you find more animals with 8x over 10x? @BRADS

Maybe you take them more often because they are lighter and less bulky. If I were buying again 8x30 instead of 10x42s all the way

Originally Posted by hotsoup

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you find more animals with 8x over 10x? @BRADS

I think that argument is a personal thing too depending on how YOU like to glass, I personally cant stand using 8's, feel like I'm too used to 10's and I get really bad eyestrain trying to compensate for less magnification, it's not like you're going to miss an animal using 10's that someone would pick up using 8's, you're still going to cover the exact same ground with them, in saying that I wouldn't go much higher mag than 10x as when you start searching for animals at over 2000yds holding them still starts to become a challenge. Watch some of those american blokes hunting elk and Mule deer and they will use binos just to get a feel for the lay of the land then sit down with a 60x or even 80x spotting scope and spend hours picking the whole landscape apart looking into every little book and cranny and shadow and its pays off for them. Another thing I have picked up from YouTube etc is running your binos on a tripod - amazing the difference a real steady rest makes, you can glass all day no worries

I have always stated 8x are better than 10x - FOV and less shake/tremble exageration
But - selling 8x Re 10x - 8x like pulling teeth - but maybe that is changing
Got some 10x Geovids forsale if anyone want :-)

Originally Posted by shift14

Swaro EL Range 8x42. For what hunting I do I prefer FOV over magnification.

This happened

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Cost me postage postage to Swaro NZ.
Three weeks later they were back on my doorstep. Full refurbishment and test. New eyecups. Test sheet included.

No charge...zero.

And I bought them off eBay (as with a Z5 and Z6) before they were readily available here, and never had a problem with after sales service.

B

How did you get the chicken so angry?


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I have a pair of 8x32 ultravids and a pair of 8x25CL swaro pockets. As good as the ultravids are the convenience of the pockets can not be beat. Its all good having these huge 10x40+ sized optics but when faced with a long walk up a very steep hill its really easy to just leave them behind. The best glass is the one you actually take with you.

What has feild of view got to do with scanning for animals?
If you know your animals, break the ground up systematicly and scan from right to left (opposite to reading) you shouldn't miss much. I only use 1/2 of what mine has available because of the way I glass anyway.

I have never used 8x binos but I certainly don't have any trouble seeing animals with my 10x. Or keeping them steady.

I hunt with a fella that has an old standard set of Swaro 10x30 or 35s
Eye cups are held on with insulation tape. Lens coating on all lenses are scratched from where he rubs the things with finger, glove or anything handy. I can't physically use them they're horrible. But he can spot a set of chamois horns in shadow, sticking above rocks and scrub from miles away.
He is just really good at spotting animals. Always has been.
FOV shouldn't be any huge advantage if you are systematic and deliberate.
I also don't waste time by glassing country I know I can't reach or hunt which is pretty common in chamois or Thar country.




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Well you are a world class hunting legend R93, I don't think most on here could compete really, as you could probably hit a Chammie in the eye at 4000yards with a 7.62 nato aye


But at least I didn't light me gillie suit on fire having a dart aye

Originally Posted by R93

What has feild of view got to do with scanning for animals?
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Generally speaking, a wider field of view makes it easier to spot an animal.
I agree with everything you have said think it's more of a personal thing than anything else.
It wasn't until we tested all 3 El models together the difference became clear to me.

Originally Posted by R93

What has feild of view got to do with scanning for animals?
If you know your animals, break the ground up systematicly and scan from right to left (opposite to reading) you shouldn't miss much. I only use 1/2 of what mine has available because of the way I glass anyway.

I have never used 8x binos but I certainly don't have any trouble seeing animals with my 10x. Or keeping them steady.

I hunt with a fella that has an old standard set of Swaro 10x30 or 35s
Eye cups are held on with insulation tape. Lens coating on all lenses are scratched from where he rubs the things with finger, glove or anything handy. I can't physically use them they're horrible. But he can spot a set of chamois horns in shadow, sticking above rocks and scrub from miles away.
He is just really good at spotting animals. Always has been.
FOV shouldn't be any huge advantage if you are systematic and deliberate.
I also don't waste time by glassing country I know I can't reach or hunt which is pretty common in chamois or Thar country.




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R93 I do naturally scan right to left but I never thought about the 'why' until I read you post. Out of interest, why scan right to left - do our brains process the info better that way??

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

R93 I do naturally scan right to left but I never thought about the 'why' until I read you post. Out of interest, why scan right to left - do our brains process the info better that way??

I was just taught to do it years ago.
Theory is because we read left to right we can skip or misread words but still get the gist of a sentence or paragraph.
Right to left is not natural and supposed to force more attention.

Unless of course you can read farsi or arabic





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