Binoculars opinions

[luke moffat]

I have only limited experience with the Zen-Rays, a friend of mine has them. That said I own some Vortex Viper HDs and am very impressed with them for the money.

 

[neverquit]

It make a difference in where/how you hunt.

I hunt some pretty rough and big country in arizona. So for me coues deer are the base line. I need to be able to glass a coues buck bedded inside a bush cause that's where they spend most of there time. Elk look like sheets of plywood and mule deer normal lay in the open but still in the shade.

All of my glassing gets done off a tripod.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Looked through some Zen-Rays for the first time a few weeks ago. All I can really say is go with Vortex.

 

[WRO]

Nikon monarch 7s, the best glass for the money imho. .

 

[rileybassman]

I owned the primes (well I use the conquest hds and my wife used the primes) and we sold them and went with the vortex viper hds. Better glass in my opinion, but idk how much of that was due to the fact that I couldn't warm up to the eye pieces. If they are all you use for awhile and you hold them more against your eyebrows then your nose, you get used to them. But then you use another pair and its like "oh this is what it should feel like".

Very flat field of view and clear all the way to the edge tho.

 

[ofl0926]

Looked through some Zen-Rays for the first time a few weeks ago. All I can really say is go with Vortex.

which zen ray did you look through?

also what about zeiss terras?

 

[ofl0926]

I owned the primes (well I use the conquest hds and my wife used the primes) and we sold them and went with the vortex viper hds. Better glass in my opinion, but idk how much of that was due to the fact that I couldn't warm up to the eye pieces. If they are all you use for awhile and you hold them more against your eyebrows then your nose, you get used to them. But then you use another pair and its like "oh this is what it should feel like".

Very flat field of view and clear all the way to the edge tho.

thanks for the info. the eye cups seem to be a big concern

 

[ofl0926]

forgot to mention that i went to my local basspro to check out some optics. epic failure. they had a like 10 binos on display. i was able to view the vortex diamondbacks, leupolds bx3 i believe and the basspro brand. wish i had better stores around me

 

[luke moffat]

Nikon monarch 7s, the best glass for the money imho. .

I REALLY want to try the 10X30s Nikon Monarch 7s.

 

[ryan0786]

I have the vortex diamondback 10x42 and love them they are as clear as binos in the 5-700 $range

 

[ryan0786]

Depends on how much cash you want to throw at it. Diamondback had lifetime warranty.

 

[WRO]

I REALLY want to try the 10X30s Nikon Monarch 7s.

They are the only nikon that use their edg camera glass on the low end.