Binocular upgrades: Buy used or buy new?

[HDwild]

Buy the Meoptas. I have a pair of Meoptas and also Swaros, and the Meoptas are right on par with my Swaros.

I do value the customer service from Maven, being unfamiliar with Meopta, can you speak to their CS?

 

[nphunter]

I’ve never considered Meoptas just because I am not familiar with the brand at all. I admittedly assumed it was a Chinese company because the name sounds like every garbage Chinese knock off item on Amazon. Didn’t know they were Czech made until you sent that ad!

Anybody else want to second this recommendation?

I just sold a new Swaro ATC spotter and kept my Meopta S2, I’ve also had their 15X binos and they are phenomenal glass, they perform as well or better as any other 15’s on the market. Meopta glass is phenomenal and on par with all of the other alpha glass. Those 10’s are on par with the Swaro SLC’s. The only way you are going to see a step up is to move to a $2K + binocular.
Meoptas are built like a tank also, I never have had a single issue with my Meopta stuff so I can’t speak for their warranty.

If warranty is your number one concern Vortex Razor binoculars are very nice for what you can buy them for on the used market and have an excellent warranty. I still use Razor 10’s I bought 12 years ago and have never had an issue with them, they are lighter than a lot of binos in the same class. I’d take the Razor HD over the Conquest or Mavens as well.

 

[Thinkingman]

I’ve never considered Meoptas just because I am not familiar with the brand at all. I admittedly assumed it was a Chinese company because the name sounds like every garbage Chinese knock off item on Amazon. Didn’t know they were Czech made until you sent that ad!

Anybody else want to second this recommendation?

My last bino upgrade was to Zeiss Conquest HD on sale from Eurooptic but if I hadn't found those, it would have been Meopta.
My last 3 scope purchases have all been Meopta and I will continue to replace scopes with Meopta unless their upcoming release is priced in strataland.
Edit: They're built very well and weigh accordingly.

 

[bigsky2]

I do value the customer service from Maven, being unfamiliar with Meopta, can you speak to their CS?

I can not, I haven’t had to use it at all.