NEW Zeiss Conquest HDX Binocular Tested and Reviewed!

[JGRaider]

One has to wonder how the market will respond to the HDX being made in Japan vs the HD made in Germany. I would think Kamakura makes both models anyway.

The Conquest HD was made in Japan too.

 

[Reed104R]

The Conquest HD was made in Japan too.

Indeed it was, but stamped "Made in Germany."

 

[ASR-Briggs]

I was eagerly looking forward to this release and this review, but they sound kind of middling compared to the Mavens......

 

[General RE LEE]

I was eagerly looking forward to this release and this review, but they sound kind of middling compared to the Mavens......

Where did you read a review?

 

[ASR-Briggs]

It's on the main page of this site.

 

[jacobw5544]

Kind of sounds like a nice update to the current HDs but nothing ground breaking


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[ASR-Briggs]

Kind of sounds like a nice update to the current HDs but nothing ground breaking


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I've been DEEP DIVING shall we say on this segment of the market recently, and it looks like the Mavens or GPOs are still the ones to go for (and I'm leaning toward the Mavens due to the FOV and weight advantage).

 

[Reed104R]

I've been DEEP DIVING shall we say on this segment of the market recently, and it looks like the Mavens or GPOs are still the ones to go for (and I'm leaning toward the Mavens due to the FOV and weight advantage).

If you are willing to spend a few hundred more, I would think Vortex UHD'S (used or refurbished) or used Swarovski SLC'S would surpass anything in this discussion. Unfortunately, the AK prisms make the UHD'S quite a bit larger.

 

[ASR-Briggs]

Yeah, they're much heavier and longer than the other options. Given I want to take them on long, multi day hikes, the weight matters to me. Leaning towards either the B1.2 8x42 or the B6 10x50, depending on what magnification I settle on.

 

[jacobw5544]

I've been DEEP DIVING shall we say on this segment of the market recently, and it looks like the Mavens or GPOs are still the ones to go for (and I'm leaning toward the Mavens due to the FOV and weight advantage).

I’m in the market at that 1000 $ price point as well. Some good options out there. I’m still between the hdx and mavens and gpos


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[ASR-Briggs]

That's exactly where I was, but I've decided on the Mavens. Unless the reviewer here somehow got a bad copy, the central CA alone is enough to make me bin them as a choice. And we won't get more reviews/comparisons until they ship and people start getting them. Everything I have read on the GPOs has been stellar, but the weight and FOV are making me lean the other way.

 

[Rooster1970$]

Zeus vs Swarovski on rangefinder binoculars

 

[mthomasondpt]

@Matt Cashell did you have a final conclusion of which you preferred between the b1.2 and HDX?