10 power or 8 power binos - does it really matter?

[WVELK]

First, congrats to the sheep hunters that have harvested already this year. I leave the last week of August for a Dalls hunt.
Watching overall weight, so my question is does it really matter if I use 8x42 NL Pures or 10x42 NL Pures? I will have a guide and another spotter/guide. I can help look for white spots, and in terms of helping make an initial find I am not sure two extra is going to help.

 

[ol490]

8x42 and 10x42 pures are basically the same weight and dimensions. I’d take the 10’s every time.

 

[ricky s]

8 for woods and 10s for field

 

[medvedyt]

aside of the spotting scope im using 8x and my wife 10x and she spots more than i but seems i cannot change for bigger than the 8x ...

 

[go_deep]

10x, no question.

 

[Fullcry]

Your guide will spot and judge every sheep you see before you even get your binos out.
If you want to see somthing first you better have them on a hanger and not in a chest protector.

 

[WVELK]

Your guide will spot and judge every sheep you see before you even get your binos out.
If you want to see somthing first you better have them on a hanger and not in a chest protector.

Never were truer words written. I guess I am thinking about it in terms of which will I enjoy having the most. 10 see a little more and 8s are significantly smaller hanging around my chest. If I were 235 pounds as opposed to the current 170, I might think they were the same. But, they are not.

 

[butcherboy]

10x32 are great for carrying around all day. Lighter, 10x, large field of view.

 

[CHL]

The 12x42 Pures are unbelievable. Those are what I’d have if you can stomach the price. They’re pretty sweet.

 

[KingGus]

8X32, nice and light

 

[Starbailey]

I used 10's for a lot of years and have switched to 12 last couple years. Wouldnt go back.

 

[Pwhite]

10's would be minimum imo, I'd use 12's if I hadn't bought 10's.

 

[medvedyt]

8X32, nice and light

we are really in minority here ...

 

[KingGus]

we are really in minority here ...

Everyone hates a successful minority

 

[Middleofnowhere]

10x32 are great for carrying around all day. Lighter, 10x, large field of view.

I bought my wife a set of EL 10x32 binoculars. I absolutely love them and want a pair.

 

[medvedyt]

Everyone hates a successful minority

your chamois in summer coat is great.

 

[ricky s]

10x

 

[KingGus]

your chamois in summer coat is great.

Yeah, and he was an old buck with a broken but healed horn. Funnily enough, I shot him from the hut door!