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Old 10-06-2008 | 08:36 AM
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Default RE: Am I safe to buy Vortex binos?

I have owned several of their binoculars. As I often say, for the price of their respective products you are going to have a hard time finding something better. In other words, if you compare one of their $200 roof prism models with a $300 from a more common manufacturer then I think you will be surprised.

I am hunting with the 8x42 Diamondback this season but I have also owned the 6.5x32 Fury, the 8x42 Razor and the 8x42 Viper. I bought one of the "factory blemished" Diamondbacks from cameralandny about a month ago. For $130 you aren't going to find a higher performing roof prism binocular. I do believe they still have some of the 10x42s left if you want to save some cash.

Having said that, and since you are spending something in the $400 neighborhood for a set of 10x42s, I would highly suggest you consider checking out a set of new models on the market...the Promaster Infiniti Elite ED and the Hawke Frontier ED. They are far from household names but they are about to be. Both of these models come from the same OEM manufacturer but they have slightly different optical and physical attributes. The big news though is that they compete optically with the high end European models at 1/3rd to 1/4 the price. I was just about to post a review of the Hawke ED 8x42 here on the forum. Check it out if you like.
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