How are you integrating Image stabilized binoculars into your system?

[cwitt]

I keep my 16s in a vortex chest pack with no straps in the lid of my k4. Wanting to get them more accesible without having to fiddle with my pack.

Wearing them on your chest would allow them to be more accessible without fiddling with your pack.

The strength/upside of the sigs is their ability to quickly give you an idea if what you’re looking at is worth stopping and getting a better look, i.e. when used as a chest bino. Whether that’s when hiking and out of breath or driving or something else. If you intend on using them for anything else or pulling them out when you’re stationary then you’re probably going to be disappointed and would be better off going a different direction. If I could not use them in conjunction with a real bino for sitting and glassing then I’d leave them at home.

 

[Alpine4x4]

Wearing them on your chest would allow them to be more accessible without fiddling with your pack.

The strength/upside of the sigs is their ability to quickly give you an idea if what you’re looking at is worth stopping and getting a better look, i.e. when used as a chest bino. Whether that’s when hiking and out of breath or driving or something else. If you intend on using them for anything else or pulling them out when you’re stationary then you’re probably going to be disappointed and would be better off going a different direction. If I could not use them in conjunction with a real bino for sitting and glassing then I’d leave them at home.

I have 10x slc on my chest. My idea is to have the 16s handy for quick looks at distances the 10x are just not going to give me the info I need. If I gotta drop my pack to do it its a hassle.

 

[cwitt]

I have 10x slc on my chest. My idea is to have the 16s handy for quick looks at distances the 10x are just not going to give me the info I need. If I gotta drop my pack to do it it’s a hassle.

I understand that. What I am saying is carrying both those two binoculars, especially for that purpose, is redundant. Neither have a built in rangefinder so there’s nothing the SLCs are doing for you that the Sigs do not, other than having a little better FOV so you might as well leave the SLCs at home or in the truck. If your reason for still carrying them is to have to put on a tripod, you’d be better off selling them for something with a little more power like 12s or 15s.

 

[thegoosano]

I understand that. What I am saying is carrying both those two binoculars, especially for that purpose, is redundant. Neither have a built in rangefinder so there’s nothing the SLCs are doing for you that the Sigs do not, other than having a little better FOV so you might as well leave the SLCs at home or in the truck. If your reason for still carrying them is to have to put on a tripod, you’d be better off selling them for something with a little more power like 12s or 15s.

Yep, this is why I carry 10x30 Zulus on my chest, the 14 NLs in the pack. The Zulus shine for quick off hand glassing, if you’re not wearing them on your chest I don’t really see the point except for a truck bino


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[Alpine4x4]

I understand that. What I am saying is carrying both those two binoculars, especially for that purpose, is redundant. Neither have a built in rangefinder so there’s nothing the SLCs are doing for you that the Sigs do not, other than having a little better FOV so you might as well leave the SLCs at home or in the truck. If your reason for still carrying them is to have to put on a tripod, you’d be better off selling them for something with a little more power like 12s or 15s.

Way wider FOV for one. The sigs are tunnel vision. The sigs have replaced a small spotter for me and thats their application. The SLCs are the go to set fo scanning. I may replace them with the sig 10s though as the stabilization is awesome to have and I'm no longer carrying a tripod that often because of the sigs stability.

 

[thegoosano]

Way wider FOV for one. The sigs are tunnel vision. The sigs have replaced a small spotter for me and thats their application. The SLCs are the go to set fo scanning. I may replace them with the sig 10s though as the stabilization is awesome to have and I'm no longer carrying a tripod that often because of the sigs stability.

The 10x30s have 275ish ft FOV, nothing like ELs or NLs, but better than the 200ft FOV on the other Zulu models


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[Alpine4x4]

The 10x30s have 275ish ft FOV, nothing like ELs or NLs, but better than the 200ft FOV on the other Zulu models


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Yeah its tough to leave my SLCs behind with the 330ft FOV which is why I dont just carry the sigs. Also why I'm interested in the 10x30s. The FOV on the 16s is a killer for general glassing.