Image stabilizing binos vs Alpha Glass?

[nphunter]

With all of the reviews on image-stabilizing binos I've never seen anyone compare them to high-end binos. I'm curious about people who have used boths thoughts on how they compare, to me I don't see how they could be comparable at all to something like a Meopta, Swaro 15x on a tripod and I don't see how they could compare to an alpha spotter.

 

[BigAl!]

They aren't in the same league as alpha glass. They aren't bad either, but I found them to fit a certain niche. While on the move covering lots of country, they are invaluable. The stability you get from them in your hand is unmatched.

 

[westonadkins]

My 0.02 as I own both the zulus and the NLs.

I end up carrying both pretty often these days, using the Zulus on the chest for all handholding and NLs in the pack for the tripod. Obviously they can both be used in both of those situations, but carrying two sets of binos optimizes both use cases.

When I had NLs on my chest on a Sept elk hunt this fall, I was asking to borrow my buddy's zulus which caused me to buy a set. Sold my NLs thinking I could get away with the zulus on a tripod but it didn't take me long to miss the alpha glass on the tripod. So now I own both and my wife thinks I'm crazy. Also strongly depends on the hunts in my opinion.


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[nphunter]

My 0.02 as I own both the zulus and the NLs.

I end up carrying both pretty often these days, using the Zulus on the chest for all handholding and NLs in the pack for the tripod. Obviously they can both be used in both of those situations, but carrying two sets of binos optimizes both use cases.

When I had NLs on my chest on a Sept elk hunt this fall, I was asking to borrow my buddy's zulus which caused me to buy a set. Sold my NLs thinking I could get away with the zulus on a tripod but it didn't take me long to miss the alpha glass on the tripod. So now I own both and my wife thinks I'm crazy. Also strongly depends on the hunts in my opinion.


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I have Razor 10’s I carry in my chest and use on a tripod. I also just sold my 15 Meostars and bought NL14’s, I’ll also pack a S2 spotter for big country. I’ve never felt handicapped with the Razors while glassing while handholding but I’ve also never used zulus so maybe I don’t know what I’ve been missing. Maybe I’ll go look through a set sometime and check them out.

 

[westonadkins]

I have Razor 10’s I carry in my chest and use on a tripod. I also just sold my 15 Meostars and bought NL14’s, I’ll also pack a S2 spotter for big country. I’ve never felt handicapped with the Razors while glassing while handholding but I’ve also never used zulus so maybe I don’t know what I’ve been missing. Maybe I’ll go look through a set sometime and check them out.

Yeah they sell themselves. I think there's a pair of 12s in the classifieds too for a good price. I have the 14s as well and it's a stupid good combo.


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