GPO rangeguide 8x40

[Ac338]

I’m liking mine so far. The crooked display and the steep angle is definitely a minor gripe but I’ll live with it. My main issue would be that I feel like I have to keep my face away from them a bit to get a good image. I could push my face into the eyecups with my Meoptas but for some reason even with these fully extended I have to slide them down my nose with my eyes away from the eyecups to get a full image. Overall I like them and I think they are good enough to use as my primary now

 

[JGRaider]

If your IPD is narrow enough they're all crooked. No way around it.

 

[Tullis94]

I didn't spend a ton of time with them since I was solo and mostly shooting but used them for ranging and a little bit to glass around with during down time, unfortunately just scenery and not any animals to stare at longer term. The high "peak" is certainly a nitpick. The edge to edge clarity is not as crisp as my swaro ELs (regular ones) and I feel like I notice a bit of halo around the edges. But I didn't find those completely off putting (for the price point, if they were $2k binos I would expect more) and for now I plan to take them out hunting and put some real time behind them and how my eyes react after hours and see where I end up. IE do I switch back to my non-rangefinder ELs or am I happy with these?

Free hand they are nicer to range with than a monocle range finder and their size is reasonable to single hand range also. It'll take a little getting used to them on a tripod for ranging because you need to adjust the laser exactly on target versus just looking through the binos but that is just the difference between having the range finder on a tripod and not. On mine the laser seems to hit more at the 6 oclock position of the circle.

TLDR: For the price point I think they're decent and plan to hunt with them this season and see how my eyes agree (or not) with extensive time behind them.

If you are coming from mid tier binoculars I don't think you'll have any complaints with the view compared to what you have already.

Can you screw a bino adapter stud into these, or do you have to use some kind of barrel clamp to attach to a tripod?

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Can you screw a bino adapter stud into these, or do you have to use some kind of barrel clamp to attach to a tripod?

Yep, I am running an outdoorsman stud on mine.

Had them out on a weekend hunt so far, but air quality sucked so not the greatest opinion gathering opportunity yet.

 

[Mt Al]

Have been using mine quite a bit more lately and every day/all day this last week. IMHO, for the price they are great, very pleased with the purchase, but bear in mind I'm comparing from 20 year old Leica Trinovids, not new Swaros, etc..

Given I've used one pair for 20 years, these have taken a little time to get used to in terms of eye cups, focus, just where they hit my cro-magnon eyebrows compared to the others, etc.

Been surprised with what appears to be good light transmission when it's starting to get darker, especially deep in some dark woods this week. The range finder worked perfectly for me aside from sideways driving rain. I like the size compromise from 8x32 - 10x42, they seem to hit a sweet spot for me and how and where I hunt.