Guys who only carry a 10x bino…

[jimh406]

Tripods are obsolete with binos now and they will be with spotters very soon.

I don’t agree. I doubt everyone wants the dependency on batteries, and there is quite bit less fov for a weaker chassis.

 

[fatlander]

I don’t agree. I doubt everyone wants the dependency on batteries, and there is quite bit less fov for a weaker chassis.

You hunt without a cell phone, gps, range finder, head lamp, and truck too?


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[shomi]

I still want a tripod to get binos out of my hands for long glassing sessions and to lock them in place so a buddy can see the same spot I’m seeing.

 

[nphunter]

Good quality 8's with a large FOV are better than stabilized 10's IMO. My Zulu's live under my seat in my truck and only get used when a buddy doesn't have high mag glass.

You can pick up NL8x32's or EL8x32's for about the price of the SIG's and the EL/NL's blow them away. I carry 8x32 NL's always, 14NL's sometimes and a Spotter sometimes. I probably spend 100+ days in the field every year and my NL's are there 100% of the time. The only time I have chosen to take the sigs over my 14NL's is when I was riding a motorcycle and didn't want to take my tripod or damage my good equipment if I crashed.

From early elk all the way through late mule deer I only used the Zulu 6's I have like 5 total days and let friends borrow them a few times. When sitting side by side glassing elk I can see way more detail with my 14's on a tripod than the Sig 20's. The glass in the SIG's is comparable to a vortex viper at best, if swaro or someone else ever comes up with a good quality stabilized bino I would consider that but when spending hours sitting and glassing I'm choosing a tripod and good bino 100% of the time.

 

[WhoGarrDen]

I carry 18s stabilizing sigs on my chest. More magnification when I need it!
Curious what the FOV difference is between their 10s and 18s at like 100 yards? Anyone know?

Zulu6 HDX 10x30 - 5.2* (27.2ft @ 100yd?)
Zulu6 HDX Pro 18x50 - 3.7* (19.4ft @ 100yd?)

 

[Russ]

I definitely would NOT give up my 18s for 10s for a gain of only 8ft at 100 yards. Being able to handhold 18s is the best thing since sliced bread!!! I leave the spotter in the truck most times now!

 

[WhoGarrDen]

I definitely would NOT give up my 18s for 10s for a gain of only 8ft at 100 yards. Being able to handhold 18s is the best thing since sliced bread!!! I leave the spotter in the truck most times now!

I hope someone steps in and corrects me if any of this is wrong (I'm not an optics expert), but those 8ft means the 10s have 40% greater FOV than 18s ((27.4-19.4)/19.4) Would you give up 18s for 40% more FOV?