Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
10-12-2006, 01:35 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Posts: 1,118
RE: Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
You should consider getting a range finder that is alsoa set of binos. Leupold makes the RB800C Rangefinder which is also 8X32 binos. It will cost around $500.00 but you'll have both in one. I have this and would not trade it. The fact the you dont have to carry the extra weight and can have one thing around your neck within easy reach will help you hunting tremendously.
10-12-2006, 04:02 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 3,073
RE: Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
I would prefer a rangfinder and an el-cheapo pair of binocs if you could only afford one, but get better bino's down the road IF you feel you are missing something by not having a quality pair. See how much you use the cheapos and decide if you need to buy a little more brightness during the last few minutes of daylight... I love my Nikon 440 rangefinder (sold my bushnell for the more compact Nikons) and I just bought Monarch binos, only used them in the field once though so far (only been hunting twice since I bought them, and only one of those 2 places did I really need binos.)
10-12-2006, 06:59 PM
#16
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Forest, Ontario
Posts: 250
RE: Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
I would go with the bino's, but it seems most of the other guys would take the rangefinder. I am going to get a quality pair of bino's as soon as possible since right now I only have a cheap set but still use them quite a bit for hunting and for scouting.
10-12-2006, 07:15 PM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
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I'd get the rangefinderand a cheap set of binoculars. You can getbinoculars for very little money. They won't be great, but they will be better than the human eye. You can always get a better set down the road.
I'd get the rangefinderand a cheap set of binoculars. You can getbinoculars for very little money. They won't be great, but they will be better than the human eye. You can always get a better set down the road.
10-12-2006, 09:16 PM
#20
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Onalaska, Wi
Posts: 79
RE: Should I get Binos or a Rangefinder?
How much money to do have to spend? You can get by with a cheap rangefinder but not with a cheap pair of binos. If your funds are limited get the rangefinder for now. I had a cheap pair of binos once.
If you're thinking about spending $80 on binos I would suggest to take that money and go out for some prime rib and crab legs because the30 minutes it takes to eatis going to be infinitly more pleasurable than a lifetime of using a P.O.S binocular.
If there were only 2 binoculars in the world... $80 or $1080... I would buy the $1080 pair every time, even if I lost them every year and had to re-buy every year.
If you're thinking about spending $80 on binos I would suggest to take that money and go out for some prime rib and crab legs because the30 minutes it takes to eatis going to be infinitly more pleasurable than a lifetime of using a P.O.S binocular.
If there were only 2 binoculars in the world... $80 or $1080... I would buy the $1080 pair every time, even if I lost them every year and had to re-buy every year.