bino selection

[jasonZ]

Heyday fellas, not sure if I'm in the right section, but here goes it. I'm I'm the market for some binos and was curious if anybody had any experience with binos that were designed with a person that wore glass in mind? Now mind you It's not a real issue, but I was curious about this. Thanks for the assistance and I hopefully won't get flamed to badly for not really searching beforehand, Jason

 

[Pat M]

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Most have the roll down eye pieces these days (just for us 4-eyes)

I have Steiner 8x30 predators i like a lot, they are the autofocus kind that you just set each eye piece once and no more focus.

 

[Bobcape]

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I would say most companies have switched from the roll down rubber eyepieces in favor of the twist versions. The twist eyepiece is much easier to use. Especially if you share the binos with non eyeglass wearers. I wear glasses and keep them on when looking through my binos all of the time. I have a friend that always slips his glasses off when he uses his binos. That doesn't make sense to me. The adjustable eyepieces on the binos let you adjust them so you can get a full field of view with your glasses on.

Bob
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[jasonZ]

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I've always kept my glasses on when loooking, but I find that extended periods of glassing tend to fatigue my eyes, therefore I was just curious if anybody had any experience with a set that was more "glasses wearer" friendly. I thought I'd try contacts, but my eyes won't cooperate with me to install them! I'm thinking I might wanna try lasek but the cost is alittle high for me right now! Thanks for the info fellas and maybe someone else will chime in with something, Jason

 

[Niles Coyote]

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Stick with binos that have a long eye relief. For me 18mm is about the minimum for a full field of view, 20-23 are more comfortable and forgiving though.

 

[tross]

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Zeiss victory works well for glasses, they have the twist eye pieces

 

[Tripwire]

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Hit up Doug at Cameraland for a set of Zeiss Conquest 10X.....

Absolutely great glass, awesome factory warranty if ever needed, and will solve all your eye glass vs. bino problems.

 

[Spuhr]

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I prefers binos with individual focus as those needs to be foocused once and not again, while the birders glass (centerfocus) needs constant focusing and that is both annoying and takes time.
Depending on purpose I use zeiss 6x30b, 7x50b Marine, 8x30 Safari or 8x60.
All of those are Military binos, some still in production, some not.

All of those above have long eyerelief and is used both with and without glasses
Håkan

 

[jasonZ]

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Sounds like good info fellas. I'm not sure what I'll get yet, but I imagine Zeiss would be hard to beat. I'm thinking about a set of vortex diamondbacks for my patrol bag, then a separate set for field use. I really don't want to have a $600+ set of binos being thrown around in my patrol bag and the 8.5x50 set has 21mm of eye relief, so that should probably fit the bill there. Anybody got any experience with these?

 

[JeffP40]

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TJ, that fatigue is not from the use of glasses. It is most likely caused by the optics themselves. In my experience, some glasses don't fit some people. I had a pair of Pentax several years ago that were optically very good, but I could never get a good view thru them. I now have a pair of Wind River 10x that fit me perfectly. For me, they are the best combination of quality and price. The eye relief is very good for my glasses, and they give me no fatigue. They are the lower tier model, and for about $250, they are the best bang for my buck.

 

[jasonZ]

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Thanks Jeff, never seen any of those. I'm not sure exactly what I'm gonna get yet, but I know Vortex's glass is pretty decent. I'm thinking I'm gonna plan a trip to Bass Pro or Cabelas and have a look through some of the glass they got on display and see if I can find something that I might like and fits me. If nothing comes up, then I guess I'll order and see what happens.