willfrye027
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I’m on the hunt for a new set of compact binos to complement my massive 10-15x50 duovids. While I love the duovids, they are serious overkill for timber hunting, turkeys, and a go-everywhere kind of bino. I’ve ordered all three of these to do some testing over a couple weeks. I’ll post an ongoing review here in case anybody else is looking for a similar set of glass.
I settled on these three for a few reasons. Based on all the reviews I could find, especially from the birdwatching guys, the conquest and maven lead the pack in the 8x30 platform for this price range (near-alpha, I’ll call it). I’m sure there are other great options but a combination of head-to-head reviews and FOV specs made these two the most intriguing to me. I’ll also admit that I’m very partial to Zeiss based on my experience with the conquest hd 10x42s that I owned for years. Why the victory pocket? In my research these came up frequently as an impressive bino for their size (10.2 oz) and were incredibly close to the 8x30 glass in performance, something previous compact glass has not been able to do. I’m a sucker for ultralight gear so I had to give them a shot as well, even though I was skeptical they could provide the low light performance I was looking for. We’ll see what these small binos can do!
I settled on these three for a few reasons. Based on all the reviews I could find, especially from the birdwatching guys, the conquest and maven lead the pack in the 8x30 platform for this price range (near-alpha, I’ll call it). I’m sure there are other great options but a combination of head-to-head reviews and FOV specs made these two the most intriguing to me. I’ll also admit that I’m very partial to Zeiss based on my experience with the conquest hd 10x42s that I owned for years. Why the victory pocket? In my research these came up frequently as an impressive bino for their size (10.2 oz) and were incredibly close to the 8x30 glass in performance, something previous compact glass has not been able to do. I’m a sucker for ultralight gear so I had to give them a shot as well, even though I was skeptical they could provide the low light performance I was looking for. We’ll see what these small binos can do!
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