New Kilo6k HDX

[bigbuckdj]

Has anyone messed with these? I’m really looking for a relatively simple 8x chest bino-RF. The previous 6ks I messed with fit the bill but I couldn’t look past the blue tint. I’m curious if the HDX glass has that corrected. I am pleased with Geovid-R image but they are chunkier and more expensive.

Sig Sauer Kilo 6k HDX

 

[Pronghunter]

Mine will be here Friday. I’ll let you know.

 

[Jdavis77]

I would like to know also.

 

[bigbuckdj]

Mine will be here Friday. I’ll let you know.

Did you get 8s or 10s? I gotta know how the blueness ranks. Looking forward to your thoughts

 

[Pronghunter]

Did you get 8s or 10s? I gotta know how the blueness ranks. Looking forward to your thoughts

I have the new 10K Gen 2’s I’ve used for 2 months now. Huge improvement over the first Gen

The new 6K HDX will be here Friday.

 

[fbhandler]

Has anyone messed with these? I’m really looking for a relatively simple 8x chest bino-RF. The previous 6ks I messed with fit the bill but I couldn’t look past the blue tint. I’m curious if the HDX glass has that corrected. I am pleased with Geovid-R image but they are chunkier and more expensive.

Sig Sauer Kilo 6k HDX

Do you know if those previous 6ks were the “HD” ? I’m having a hard time sorting through all the various models sig has come out with and currently have the 6k HD. I’m also wondering how much of an improvement the HDXs wil be

 

[bigbuckdj]

Do you know if those previous 6ks were the “HD” ? I’m having a hard time sorting through all the various models sig has come out with and currently have the 6k HD. I’m also wondering how much of an improvement the HDXs wil be

I’m pretty sure they were the HD, I messed with the compacts and x42s at TAC a few times.

 

[bigbuckdj]

Bumping this, anybody handled these?

 

[Paulyester]

Just got my HDX. Bought the HD about 3 weeks ago. I like everything about the HDX. Seem slightly less bulky, eye cups are better, comes with covers (whereas the HD did not), the focus ring is light years better (the HD is bulky and the materials have a slick feel to them. Glass seems better, I'm a bad one to give an opinion because I don't see the difference in high quality glass, but I'm definitely able to see clearer at longer distances with the HDX. I'm boxing my HD's up right now and will drop them off at Cabela's today.

 

[bigbuckdj]

Just got my HDX. Bought the HD about 3 weeks ago. I like everything about the HDX. Seem slightly less bulky, eye cups are better, comes with covers (whereas the HD did not), the focus ring is light years better (the HD is bulky and the materials have a slick feel to them. Glass seems better, I'm a bad one to give an opinion because I don't see the difference in high quality glass, but I'm definitely able to see clearer at longer distances with the HDX. I'm boxing my HD's up right now and will drop them off at Cabela's today.

Thanks for that. I went to check them out at cabelas, they have an eye chart across the store from the optics counter at my cabelas and I compared with trinovids, geovid Rs, vortex furys, and the 6k hdx all in 10x42. I seemed to be able to resolve the same elements with the 6k as I could with the leicas but the contrast was much better on the Trinovids and better on the geovids. The geovids are tanks, furys are chunky but not as much as the geovids and they balanced nicely, the 6ks were pretty compact to me and felt pretty good in the hands . I’m not shocked that the Leicas had better views but the 6k hdx wasn’t as blue as I remember the 6ks and I preferred the image to the furys.

 

[Greenstig]

I have the new 10K Gen 2’s I’ve used for 2 months now. Huge improvement over the first Gen

The new 6K HDX will be here Friday.

Have you gotten to spend any time with the 6K HDX? How’s the glass?

 

[Paulyester]

So I spent the last 3 days behind the Sig Sauer Kilo 6K HDX. As I mentioned above, I had initially bought the HD version. Was not that impressed in terms of it taking the place of other binoculars in my arsenal, if you're using to just range targets it's fine, but the HDX glass was noticeably better IMO. So for a three day deer hunt I only carried the Kilo 6 HDX. I spent probably 15-18 hours behind the glass (very few animals, lots of glassing) and I will sell my Vortex Razors and keep the Kilo 6. Not that the Razors are bad, I think they are excellent, it's just I couldn't tell any difference between the Razors and the Kilo 6, but having the ranging capability is very nice, especially with the OnX integration, although the integration is can be accomplished manually with very little effort (using the Compass Mode in OnX).

 

[Bowfinn]

Is anyone able to comment on how the image of the Sig 6k HDX’s look when compared to Zeiss Conquest HD’s?

 

[CJ AK]

After reading this post I picked up the 10x42 kilo 6 HDX. I currently own the kilo 3000bdx. As far as the notorious blue tint goes, they look exactly the same as the bdx. When I close my left eye both bino have the same blue tint in the right barrel. When looking with both eyes open the color cast is the same. Glass is sappose to have a different cut and a coating to improve light transmission. I cant say they are better or worse in this department compaired to the gen 1's. I can say the 10x42 vortex hd vipers ($500 glass) still smoke the HDX without question optically. It maybe to big of an ask to have higher quality glass in a RF bino at this price point.

I'm not sure if I will keep them or not. Optically, not an upgrade.

Actual upgrades: They will go in and out of a chest harness easier due to being less bulky and the rubber body coating isnt as tacky, its not slippery, just not as tacky as the gen 1. They are more ergonomic than the bdx and feel better in the hand, the body is smaller and more streamline which aids in all around ease of use. Weight also makes them more user friendly. BDX is 34.0oz, HDX is 28.5 on my scale which includes battery and similar lens covers. They do have a longer range, Fog mode, Archary mode, work with Basemap or OnX and a couple new on board censors, I havent verified the function of the additions and they arent really that important to me.

I feel like you get alot of bang for the buck just like the gen 1's. I love the Rf itself and the applied ballistics. They are an upgrade in many ways but unfortunatly not the optics