Should I go the 12x route?

[beachbunny]

you may consider a monocular for stalking.

 

[Ryan Avery]

I would trade the 10's for 8's and keep the 15's. As far as what to carry, depends on the trip. I am carrying 15's, 8's and a 60mm spotter for scouting. The 15's actually seem to outperform my mid/low end spotter for finding game. When the season opens, I will replace the spotter with a weapon for Elk and solo deer hunts.

I always spot WAY more game with 12s or 15s than with a spotter.

Having both eyes open and a bigger FOV is a no brainer.

 

[Hatchet Jack]

glassing with a spotter is like pissin into the wind
Also, get those binos on a tripod. Don't matter if it's 10x, 12x, or 15x it's a game changer. I don't care how stable you think you can hand hold those 10x you're still not rock steady and won't pick up the smaller movements of animals.

 

[Fireguy]

I always spot WAY more game with 12s or 15s than with a spotter.

Having both eyes open and a bigger FOV is a no brainer.

Yup. Spotter is just for me to determine if the animal is worth me taking a hike.

 

[rayporter]

last week i used a set of Bushnell 12x50 one mile arc range finders with binos. they were awesome for vision and ranging. they ranged a tree at 1850yds. and could range fence posts at 450 yd. and cows past 700y, great glass and easy on the eyes.

holding them steady for ranging was hard past 400 but just looking and scanning was a breeze.

 

[justin davis]

12x50's are perfect medium. They work great! A guy could have a pair of 10's and 15's. Or just one set of 12's and be set

 

[dotman]

Natchezss has demo swaro sv 12x50's for $1899.99 if anyone is interested.

 

[Fireguy]

Natchezss has demo swaro sv 12x50's for $1899.99 if anyone is interested.

Oh snap. That is a very very tempting price!

 

[WRO]

glassing with a spotter is like pissin into the wind
Also, get those binos on a tripod. Don't matter if it's 10x, 12x, or 15x it's a game changer. I don't care how stable you think you can hand hold those 10x you're still not rock steady and won't pick up the smaller movements of animals.

I glass with a spotter all the time, amazingly enough I find a ton of game in mine that are past the limits of my binocs..

 

[ianpadron]

Throwing a phoneskope on your spotter and bringing along a battery cell is even more clear than looking through binos all day. Just like watchin' TV!

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[sneaky]

The EL 12s are the shit, been using them exclusively for the last couple years. Anything you can see with 15s, you can see with 12s.

I guess the shakey thing depends on the person. I've had no real issues other than when I'm sucking wind but then all bino's shake

The way Aron talks, you're always sucking wind lol

 

[Ryan Avery]

The way Aron talks, you're always sucking wind lol

I can usually hold them still long enough to find something to kill.

 

[cscalvin]

Went to buy them and out of stock now. That was a killer price. I've been convinced to go the 12x route.

 

[Brightwhite]

If the swaro's are out of budget, like they are for me right now... Which 12x would you chose? The 12x50 Vortex Razor HD, Cabela's Euro HD, or the Maven 11x45 B2's?

 

[338edge]

I just bought a pair of like new 2nd gen swaro's 12x el. I'm really excited! Any more stories about the swaro's 12x?


Corey

 

[excaliber]

There is no way I would ditch a pair of Zeiss or the Meopta Cabelas HD to go with Vortex anything. That is a major downgrade in quality. I'd carry the bino you like best and a spotter and call it good. There's no reason to carry to sets of Binos when you have a spotter.

 

[coues32]

12 els and you will not notice the 3x power loss until the Swaro 15 hds. They are awesome glass, I have no problem off hand glassing. The only time they don't go with me is close glassing during archery then 8x32 els.
Buy a used pair, Outdoorsman adapter,bino harness and enjoy!