I am in the market for one of these bino’s come spring time. In my research there is an overwhelming amount of info for the EL’s over the other two on Rokslide. Don’t get me wrong, I have researched plenty about the Victory’s and the Noctivid’s and I have read Matt Cashell’s review’s on them as well. I trust hunters reviews on Rokslide over birders because I just feel like we have a different perspective on what we look for in bino’s to a certain point and that matters to me.
I would like to hear from some of you on here that use Victory’s or Noctivid’s over the EL’s and why. Right now I am leaning towards the EL’s because I am convinced that whatever I choose among the 3 I will not be disappointed in (I know that. Upgrading from Viper HD’s). Part of what causes me to lean towards Swarovski is that I have heard a lot of positive reviews about their customer service.
I know some of you like the SLC’s over the EL’s and that is up to each person. I have looked through both outside of a few different places and I like the EL’s more so I’m not really considering that right now. I have not personally looked through the Victory SF’s but I have looked through the Noctivid’s. The only thing I didn’t like was the twist eye cups, they were not very smooth and that may just be that this display pair at the store has been abused or something, who knows. So I’m not writing those off either yet. I just want to leave no stone unturned when it comes to this type of purchase. NL’s are out of my price range. I am looking at either 8x or 10x42 models. Live in Idaho, hunt out west 100% of the time up to this point.Thanks.
I would like to hear from some of you on here that use Victory’s or Noctivid’s over the EL’s and why. Right now I am leaning towards the EL’s because I am convinced that whatever I choose among the 3 I will not be disappointed in (I know that. Upgrading from Viper HD’s). Part of what causes me to lean towards Swarovski is that I have heard a lot of positive reviews about their customer service.
I know some of you like the SLC’s over the EL’s and that is up to each person. I have looked through both outside of a few different places and I like the EL’s more so I’m not really considering that right now. I have not personally looked through the Victory SF’s but I have looked through the Noctivid’s. The only thing I didn’t like was the twist eye cups, they were not very smooth and that may just be that this display pair at the store has been abused or something, who knows. So I’m not writing those off either yet. I just want to leave no stone unturned when it comes to this type of purchase. NL’s are out of my price range. I am looking at either 8x or 10x42 models. Live in Idaho, hunt out west 100% of the time up to this point.Thanks.
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