Good affordable Binoculars
08-21-2004, 01:49 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Wewahitchka Florida
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RE: Good affordable Binoculars
I got a pair of simmons a couple years back from walmart there 10x50 I believe they were just under $100 but there great binoculars they gather light really well and I can really see well with them and most anyone can afford them Id love to be able to get a set of $1600 swarovski binoculars but thats not going to happen I could get an amazing gun with a nice scope and still have cash left over for what them things cost. I could probably even pick up a 50cal with a scope and kill deer from 5 miles and have some cash left over
08-21-2004, 02:16 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MD
Posts: 4,572
RE: Good affordable Binoculars
I did alot of checking around before I bought mine, I decided on the 10x42 Bushnell Legends, WOW what glass! I love these bino's and keep them right beside me on the front seat of my truck all year round, if they're not there they on around my chest on my bino strap. Pick up great light, arent heavy, and feel really comfortable in my hands. Cost was around $280.
08-21-2004, 02:50 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
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RE: Good affordable Binoculars
The best deal I found on binoculars was 7-21zoomx40mm meade binoculars they work just as good if not better then most binoculars I have ever owned. they go for about 129 dollars but most places sell them for $70- $100. I found mine on sale for $29.99 at big 5 sporting goods a few months ago. After the good experience with these binoculars I dont see the point in spending another 500 or 600 dollars on leupold or steiner ever again.
08-22-2004, 09:09 AM
#16
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Fayetteville,NC
Posts: 97
RE: Good affordable Binoculars
I just got a pair of the New Zeiss Conquest 10x30s. Great size for bowhunting and are extremely bright. They have the same T* and phase correcting coating that their $1500 Victory II binoculars. Paid $499
08-25-2004, 02:20 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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RE: Good affordable Binoculars
"Good affordable binoculars."
Isn't that an oxymoron? A combination of words which are never combined in the real-world? Such as "army intelligence," "giant shrimp," "true lies."
Just joking. Good advice is provided above. I have a pair of cheap Russian binoculars that I paid abut $50 for. I can't recommend these as being "good" binoculars, but they are serviceable. I bought them for carrying around my neck while deer hunting where I don't have much distance to look over. I carry them on family vacations and they pass around to everyone -- my wife, my mother-in-law, my 14 year-old son, my 12 year old daughter, my 7 year-old daughter -- to look at pronghorn antelope on the way to New Mexico or some cow elk near Cimarron, New Mexico. They are light. They do magnify. They produce fairly crisp images. They are not bright relative to other "good" binoculars. The light bounces around inside the binocular tubes when looking towards the sun, making images look pretty washed out. There are no eye cups. Eye relief is not particularly good. For heavy duty glassing, such as I read plays a vital role in Elk hunting and Sheep hunting, these are probably not the binoculars to get. But they provide some service. Here is a link.
http://www.binocularsmart.com/binocu...iew-8x30.shtml
Isn't that an oxymoron? A combination of words which are never combined in the real-world? Such as "army intelligence," "giant shrimp," "true lies."
Just joking. Good advice is provided above. I have a pair of cheap Russian binoculars that I paid abut $50 for. I can't recommend these as being "good" binoculars, but they are serviceable. I bought them for carrying around my neck while deer hunting where I don't have much distance to look over. I carry them on family vacations and they pass around to everyone -- my wife, my mother-in-law, my 14 year-old son, my 12 year old daughter, my 7 year-old daughter -- to look at pronghorn antelope on the way to New Mexico or some cow elk near Cimarron, New Mexico. They are light. They do magnify. They produce fairly crisp images. They are not bright relative to other "good" binoculars. The light bounces around inside the binocular tubes when looking towards the sun, making images look pretty washed out. There are no eye cups. Eye relief is not particularly good. For heavy duty glassing, such as I read plays a vital role in Elk hunting and Sheep hunting, these are probably not the binoculars to get. But they provide some service. Here is a link.
http://www.binocularsmart.com/binocu...iew-8x30.shtml
08-26-2004, 09:48 AM
#19
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Posts: 77
RE: Good affordable Binoculars
I have some Pentax DCF 10x42 that I got for about $500 and I feel they are worth every penny. I've learned the hard way about buying cheap optics - don't do it. I wouldn't purchase anything thats not a major name nor under $300.