Youth Binos

[Glendon Mullins]

Anyone know of any affordable youth binos out there?

 

[Jimbee]

Vortex makes a youth bino. Bought a pair for my 4yo so he'd quit goobering up my good ones. $70 at Scheels. I'm sure you could find a sale or discount. I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket.

 

[TN2shot07]

Vortex, kids are rough on equipment and if you need the warranty you know they’ll take care of it. My only advice is go with a smaller magnification (8 or less) so they’re easy for them to handhold

 

[Kenn]

Avoid Celestron like the plague. I bought a cheap pair for my grandson and with very little use it was out of collimation. I thought no problem since it was advertised with a lifetime warranty. Problem is they exempt collimation, although they don’t say that in the ad.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

Vortex, kids are rough on equipment and if you need the warranty you know they’ll take care of it. My only advice is go with a smaller magnification (8 or less) so they’re easy for them to handhold

this is exactly what I am thinking, dont want to invest alot cause i know it will eventually get broken with mine lol

 

[Shō[t]gun]

Vortex, kids are rough on equipment and if you need the warranty you know they’ll take care of it. My only advice is go with a smaller magnification (8 or less) so they’re easy for them to handhold

Exactly. I can’t believe they lifetime warranty kids binos with free return/repair shipping lol. There are 2 6.5x options that I’ve been looking at for my kids. Based on what I’ve seen from their other budget roof lines I imagine the bantams are pretty terrible but the porro option has pretty decent reviews.

 

[TN2shot07]

Exactly. I can’t believe they lifetime warranty kids binos with free return/repair shipping lol. There are 2 6.5x options that I’ve been looking at for my kids. Based on what I’ve seen from their other budget roof lines I imagine the bantams are pretty terrible but the porro option has pretty decent reviews.

I actually went with a pair of 8x42 diamondbacks when my little brother was probably 12, he’s graduating hs this year and is still using them. I was afraid the actual youth binos would be junk lol

 

[bojangles808]

is the the vortex triumph or bantam better for youth?

 

[thoffman89]

I bought my kids Leupold Rogues I found on clearance at Walmart - they really like them but if I needed another set I would buy a refurbished set of vortex off of aaoptics.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

is the the vortex triumph or bantam better for youth?

I ended up getting my son the bantam's they have good glass and are clear, although he did complain some about the magnification, they are only 6.5 power I think, and he couldn't see some of the mule deer me and my wife were glassing etc. so he ended up borrowing the binos i got for the wife several times.

If i lived out west I would go with the triumph in hindsight, although the bantams will work here in the east pretty good still.

On my next hunt out west when I take him again I will probably end up getting him a set of binos that have more magnification

anyway that's my 2 cents