Spotters Anyone have real world experience with the Zeiss Victory RF 10x42 Binos?

[tlsmith22]

Thinking about picking a set of these up but for that kind of money I would like to hear some opinions on them first. Reviews on youtube seem kinda limited and you cant always trust them anyways. I’m sure some guys on here are running them and was wondering how good the ballistic data is and how good the rangefinder is As I have no doubts abt the glass quality.

 

[264win]

I have been using them the last 3 years. Rifle/bow hunting, LR shooting and matches. I prefer them to the Leica and swaro offerings. Laser is great, ballistics are ok. Imho none of the lrf binos have a great ballistics system.

 

[Glassaholic]

Swarovski NL Pure vs Zeiss Victory SF vs Leica Noctivid

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^^^These guys did a review that I found beneficial

I did a "light" review of the Zeiss 10x42 RF a couple years ago, for the money I was wanting to be more impressed. I still run my 2800.com and bino's and waiting for that "magic" LRF bino to be announced. For me personally that would be the Sig 10k display with European or high end Japanese glass like the Vortex UHD series glass, I've been hoping Vortex would come out with higher end glass using the Fury 5000 LRF module but nothing, Sig doesn't seem interested in upgrading their glass either, I suppose they worry that if they push the price closer to their European counterparts the units won't sell very well, but where Swaro, Zeiss and Leica all seem to fail is in the execution of the HUD, that is one thing Sig got right as having to scroll through menus to see all the information wastes time and makes it a pain to work with. Leica at least has their integration with Kestrel which has a much better display of information. I would pay a $1000 more for Sig to put out a Super ED version of the 10k that was on par with Vortex Razor UHD. The new Swaro EL Range TA, Leica Geovid Pro and Zeiss RF all have appeal but only for their glass and not their display capabilities. All that being said, what I nitpick on is personal preference and something that may not bother other shooters at all.

 

[Chesapeake]

I used these binos on a bear hunt last year and they worked great. I had no issues glassing with them all day and the rf worked flawlessly. I was renting them so I didn’t input my ballistics data into the system and I just used my kestrel so I can’t speak to the ballistics on the system. I’ve had these, the new Swaro, the new Sig and the Leica geovid pro in my hands and if I had to pick one right now it would be the Leica. They all work well but I think that unit has the best overall feature set for the type of hunting I do most often.

 

[delfuego]

Been running them for a couple years after playing with a pair at the Safari. The glass is excellent. We compared them to Swaro EL 12x (non-lrf) and the had better detail and similar light transmission. The smoke the Leica's. The laser is very good. Ranges out past 2k. You will need to learn where the laser is in the reticle, but you need to do that with any LRF. I barely use the ballistics at all. I have tested and verified it works and it lines up. The Zeiss app is dudoo. It's more a "Hunting Lifestyle" app than a real ballistic calculator. I use these for ranging and spotting only. I can be behind these all day w/o issue, it's a pleasure and made me a better spotter.

I use the at every match (Field/PMS/Etc). Squad-mates often don't bother bringing theirs. In fact I quit taking a miss/wind call from people in my squad with shitty glass.

I have own 1/2 dozen LRF binos over +10 years. I think these are the best right now. Tomorrow who knows? Remember, none of them are perfect.