Rangefinding Binoculars

[Coopsdaddy]

Just as an FYI…Sportsmans is having a sale on the Leica Geovid R 10x42… they have them listed at 20% off down to $1279, then if you sign up with a new email address for marketing emails, they’ll give you a 10% off coupon which limits at $100 so your total price before taxes comes to $1179 and free standard shipping.

I know this is older but anyone know of any deals on these now.
I have looked most places I know of.

 

[WannaBeRambo]

I browsed a couple older threads on this but thought I would bring it back up...

I borrowed a buddy's Sig Kilo10k for an NRL shoot recently. It was my first run at using a RF binocular, so I'm completely new to it.

My first impression was that the image color fidelity was pretty terrible. Such that I had to look away and look back to confirm it was so different from my eye. I couldn't imagine them being my sole binocular for long periods of glassing. I think these were an earlier generation than what is currently available. Looking at other people's gear, there were definitely a lot of guys using these.

For identifying and ranging targets they were great. The ballistic correction and DA information in the optic definitely made it faster to make scope adjustments.

Are the new Sig 10k's better?

Any experience with the Sig Canyons? I don't really care about the ability to set waypoints with the fancier options, that's something I'm pretty unlikely to ever use.

How important is density altitude inside of 600 yards? I'm fairly new to long range shooting.

From previous threads, it seems like the Meopta and Leica offerings get good marks. I know Meopta seems to be a bit of a question mark with their recent transitions. Are these options better than the Sig?

How do Burris and Vortex rate in the mix? I do not have Swaro cash...

This isn't an immediate need for me, and I would have to liquidate some other gear to justify the purchase. I'm just trying to get a gauge for where and what to research.

My main sticking point with any options would be that it needs to be fully able to fill the role of both a traditional binocular and rangefinder. Glass has to be good, RF has to be on par with a standalone.

I'm not sure whether I need them to provide corrections in the optic. It's easy enough to check my chart.

Let me know what you guys think.

I will go a little contrarian on you here.
Just did a hunt out west and it convinced me to keep the bino and rangefinder separate, at least for now.

I just got before the trip the new Sig Kilo4 OIS (optical image stabilized) range finder. It’s well worth the spend. It takes a fraction of the time it used to take to get a range I am confident is the elk, not the tree 100 yds behind him.

I am partial to Leupold binocs, but only the HD or upgraded glass. Not too expensive and you can later repurpose them for range or truck binocs.
I suggest you consider the OIS rangefindeer for now and the Leupold, then later when the technology matures, the glass quality goes up and the binocs are also image stabilized, move to that platform and do a “buy once cry once” spend.

reason for the keep separate is I see a lot of rapid iterations in combining binocs, rangefinders and OIS into a single package, but think it’s going to be a few years before it’s something I’d want to buy. There will be data interchange wars coming, such as transfer of Sig’s BDX interchange to another scope brand.

I think I will get enough utility out of the Kilo4 and Leupold platform suggested until there’s a clear winner on cross brand data communication protocols.

Also, many will probably disagree, but I think it’s also going to be important to not let all the technology become a distraction. For me, my scope has clear drop markings for my load, so I just range, dial, spitball the wind and shoot and can do that very quickly.