Best binoculars for the $$$$
09-29-2011, 06:32 AM
#21
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
Under $300 I would suggest the Bushnell Legend Ultra HD. ED glass objectives, fully multicoated lenses and phasecoated prisms plus they have Bushnell's rainguard coating on the exterior lenses. Regular price is around $225 on the net plus Bushnell currently has a $50 mail-in rebate.
11-02-2011, 04:33 AM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Abington Mass
Posts: 158
Basspro has a pair of 10x42 on sale this week for 49.99. I bought this same pair back in August and they are waterproof. I used them yesterday in the woods and I got to say I am really impressed with them. Very crisp and clear optics
11-02-2011, 04:34 AM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Abington Mass
Posts: 158
Basspro has a pair of 10x42 on sale this week for 49.99. I bought this same pair back in August and they are waterproof. I used them yesterday in the woods and I got to say I am really impressed with them. Very crisp and clear optics. Regular price is supposedly 149.99
11-09-2011, 05:32 AM
#24
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Posts: 61
I ordered a set of 8x42 Nikon Trailblazer ATB's on sale for $119.99 at Cabela's. I should get them today or tomorrow, so I'll report back after I get a little field time in with them. Pretty excited to try them out!
I looked through a set of 10x42 Nikon Trailblazers ($150) and 10x25 Nikon Compacts ($70) at Walmart and really liked how the Trailblazer performed compared to the compacts. I think the 8x42's will perform nice in low light situations in the woods compared to the 10x25's. I guess any binocs can look pretty good in a lit up store! lol
I looked through a set of 10x42 Nikon Trailblazers ($150) and 10x25 Nikon Compacts ($70) at Walmart and really liked how the Trailblazer performed compared to the compacts. I think the 8x42's will perform nice in low light situations in the woods compared to the 10x25's. I guess any binocs can look pretty good in a lit up store! lol
Last edited by fordtough150; 11-09-2011 at 05:35 AM.
03-16-2012, 03:46 PM
#28
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 27
IMHO, the Zen-Ray VISTA is the best binoculars under $200. people have reported that it has the same optics as Vortex Diamondback
http://www.zen-ray.com/shop/binocula...vista8x42.html
http://www.zen-ray.com/shop/binocula...vista8x42.html
04-15-2012, 11:28 AM
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 538
Nikon Monarchs all the way. I bought a pair of Trailblazers the year before last, should have kept the box and tossed the binos. Trailblazers were bad in low light, edge to edge clarity, poorly designed eye cups......... This year I bought 8x42 Monarchs and am quite happy. Very good in low light, clarity and are very light. Money well spent,