Optics Help for an Indecisive Buyer

[walnutbottomout]

So I have a pair of 10x42 Kahles I was handed down by my pops. I want to take a step up from that glass. I’m an archery elk/whitetail guy with some rifle mule deer hunts lined up for the future. I think the IS sig Zulu 12x42 probably fit my needs the best but I’m very hesitant to buy something that may have outdated technology in a few years. Been really looking at the new Zeiss SFL 10x50, Swaro EL 10x42 and even the Maven B6 10x50 at a lower price point. There’s so many options and I don’t want to make a significant purchase that I will regret. Help me!!!


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[gr8fuldoug]

The Sig, for IS, is excellent, however, you're giving up optical superiority to technology.
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[casey36]

Those Kahles are pretty good glass. Have you compared them side by side with the others? When I up graded i made a big jump from Leupold to Leica. I dont think you would be making a big leap with what your looking at. I'm familiar with the Swaro's but not really the others. The Swaro's are good glass.

 

[alexnelon]

Sig glass is terrible.

IS technology is already decades old, if it was worth the sacrifice in optical clarity, every birder would use them. They don't.

You're gonna have to spend a lot to get better glass than Kahles (some models were actually rebranded Swarovski SLC, made by Swaro and everything), I wouldn't say anything from Maven would be an upgrade by any stretch.

Go look through as many as you can, outdoors, and you'll have a better idea of what you need.

 

[Kenn]

I bought Canon IS binoculars years ago after stellar reports from users and it was a big disappointment. They really were amazing at stabilization but I could never get the perfect focus that I could with standard bins. I thought I got a bad version and was going to return them but the good people at Canon convinced me to curb my enthusiasm. Because of the stabilization it didn't quite lock onto perfect focus like the unstabilized ones. Maybe those problems were resolved since then, but I'm sticking to the old fashioned ones.