Jon_G
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Best binos for $1000 give or take a couple hundred.
Is there such a thing as a great product for that price?
Is there such a thing as a great product for that price?
Thanks for the info! I am not going to buy what I'm looking for now until I sell my current pair, so I will definitely take a hard look at some used Zeiss' if they come up on a thread. I did read some good stuff about those as well.I have been using the Zeiss Conquests for over 5 years now. I'm not easy on stuff, and they have been fine. Not saying they are best, but definitely best of the 5 different sub 1k binos I went through.
Used does open up what should be a better grade, but I have limited experience with Swaro and Leica.
My Zeiss are used almost daily, without a hiccup so far.
Thanks for the info! I am not going to buy what I'm looking for now until I sell my current pair, so I will definitely take a hard look at some used Zeiss' if they come up on a thread. I did read some good stuff about those as well.
I recently purchased a DEMO like new Zeiss Conquest HD from EuroOptic for $480.00 and had to send them right back for refund due to being in obviously used condition and it was in fact rather dirty and the image quality was absolutely terrible with way too much haziness and chromatic aberration. I do not know if that was a defective one or if all are like that one but I found it absolutely unacceptably bad optically. I am very hesitant to buy their brand new ones selling for $599 with no tax and free shipping if all of the Conquest HDs are like the first one I bought. The Athlon Midas UHD Gen 2 for less than half the price of the Conquest HD was night and day clearer sharper with literally zero CA.
I even compared it side by side with a $50 Bushnell my friend recently bought and the Bushnell Explorer had less noticeable CA than the Conquest HD I returned for refund.
If you need something noticeably better than a Leupold BX5 Santiam then probably the Skyrover Banner Cloud APO is pretty dang awesome regardless of how cheap they really are. They're superior to the Maven B6 I compared them to.
Other than the SRBC, the Swarovski NL Pure is what I'd recommend.