I have looked through some binos at my local range but unfortunately none of them have been side by side or even on the same day.
I currently have a pair of 10x42 diamondbacks and they do ok to about 400 yards for me. But the range goes out to 1000 yards and I’d also like to watch 22lr out to 300 yards on steel. I also want to watch bullet trace and the wind.
For riflescopes, I am very happy with the performance of the Sightron S3 line so that would be my minimum quality of glass for 15x or 18x binos, I also have NF nxs and ATACR which is great glass but I don’t feel is a requirement for my binoculars, otherwise I’d be in the razor uhd or Swarovski for sure.
For those of you that have looked through lots of 15x/18x glass, what would be the entry level to use on steel out to 1k for centerfire, 300 for 22lr, watch bullet trace and wind? I have looked through Bushnell Forge, Vortex Kaibab, Swarovski 15x56, Meopta and my Diamondback 10x42. So far for the value I am around the Kaibab or Meopta.
The following are my considerations:
Vortex Diamondback HD 15x56
Bushnell Forge 15x56
Steiner HX 15x56
Vortex Kaibab 18x56
Meopta 15x56
Vortex Razor UHD 18x56
I want the best value, not necessarily the most expensive because sometimes paying more is only a minor performance gain. Plus I’m not an optics expert and in the store I can’t tell the difference between the Kaibab and the razor other than the price tag and the ergonomics of the binoculars.
I currently have a pair of 10x42 diamondbacks and they do ok to about 400 yards for me. But the range goes out to 1000 yards and I’d also like to watch 22lr out to 300 yards on steel. I also want to watch bullet trace and the wind.
For riflescopes, I am very happy with the performance of the Sightron S3 line so that would be my minimum quality of glass for 15x or 18x binos, I also have NF nxs and ATACR which is great glass but I don’t feel is a requirement for my binoculars, otherwise I’d be in the razor uhd or Swarovski for sure.
For those of you that have looked through lots of 15x/18x glass, what would be the entry level to use on steel out to 1k for centerfire, 300 for 22lr, watch bullet trace and wind? I have looked through Bushnell Forge, Vortex Kaibab, Swarovski 15x56, Meopta and my Diamondback 10x42. So far for the value I am around the Kaibab or Meopta.
The following are my considerations:
Vortex Diamondback HD 15x56
Bushnell Forge 15x56
Steiner HX 15x56
Vortex Kaibab 18x56
Meopta 15x56
Vortex Razor UHD 18x56
I want the best value, not necessarily the most expensive because sometimes paying more is only a minor performance gain. Plus I’m not an optics expert and in the store I can’t tell the difference between the Kaibab and the razor other than the price tag and the ergonomics of the binoculars.
