WHICH IS BETTER - Big Binoculars Vs. Spotting Scope
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2021
- Is it better to carry a large magnification binocular or a spotting scope? In this video, Brady Miller and Cody Nelson breakdown the benefits of each optic and how to choose which option is best suited for your situation.
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Haven't had a chance to test if it holds zero, but mounts just fine and has nice clear glass. Centered vertically true to a plumb line with the crosshairs which is always a plus!It's a great th-cam.com/users/postUgkxc4K63Fd5LglDMObu7-Bgapxp_ef0W8hE scope. There's no parallax adjustment or focus ring, so may be limited to 3-7x, have to see how it is on the range. Also be aware that the rings are "look through" so you can still use irons, but they are really tall if you only intend to use the optics. On a 22LR no biggie since I'm not shooting competitions or worried about a hard cheek press. Will boresight and range test, if all goes well, I'll leave it at that!
I run a 10x42 maven c series for hand glassing and pair them with either the 50mm or the 85mm on a tripod. I also don’t get the issue with the eye thing, I just keep an eyepatch in my spotters case (it weighs almost nothing) and glass all day with no problem. Also for anyone looking into the 50mm I think it’s a great piece of gear (especially for backpacking), but I rarely bring my 50mm out anymore… it offers a little help in determining if you’re looking at a buck or not at long range but not a ton. If I’m going on a day hike and already bringing out my tripod I generally just take the extra pound or 2 and bring the 85 and get a much better view of what I’m looking at, the weight savings doesn’t seem to be worth it on a day hike. If I were to go back in time I’d get the maven 65 mm instead of the vortex 50mm… just my 2 cents
Take the 12x bino vs 20x spotting scope challenge. I never had someone pick the spotting scope….people say you can zoom higher, but exit pupil and atmospheric conditions don’t always allow you to get any more detail
Agreed, spotting scope went on eBay
I'd have to disagree unlike the other commenter here. I generally use Bins hunting over a spotter (compactness). and at that I rarely use bins over 8x. Lower power bins allow a greater field. I prefer 6x or 7x. Now all that said, it depends where you are hunting. Eastern US, I'd never take anything other than bins. In the big West, you need a SHARP spotter. Ideally a quality 60mm florite spotter. (60mm for compactness, florite to gain all you can in that 60mm package) When glassing from mountain to mountain, you're talking miles here and if you're going to use up your hunt chasing your animal, you need to know up front if it's legal.
@@cs-rj8ru Hunt out west all the time time and 15x allows me to see gor miles on a tripod. If you go on the tok slide forums. You will find more and more big west hunters leaving their spotters home and using mounted high power binoculars
Bingo. I can see the same detail with x12 binos as I can with a maxed out x9-27 spotter, and the binos have way better brightness and field of view. ~30% heavier but oh well.
Cody and Brady are very knowledgeable gents!! Cody helped me with choosing my 12x50 Vortex Razor UHD and man was he right!
Keep up the great work and content GoHunt!
Right on! Thanks for watching
Got my optics through Cody Nelson awesome guy hands-down thanks Cody good luck on your elk hunt.Happy Hunting 🥩🦌🦌🌮
He is the best!! Thanks for shopping with us!
After staring down irons for hours with just one eye I find I like to take breaks and just look around with both eyes to reduce eye fatigue. I’m not sure if I’ll go with a spotting scope or not yet but I can imagine binoculars could really help me with that eye fatigue thanks for bringing up the topic!
Thanks guys - this is really helpful.
Cody Brady you guys did a great job 👍 on the video binoculars vs Spotting scope. Very informative Thanks for sharing
God's Blessings on your up coming hunting seasons
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I really wanna know is vortex going to make a BTX style spotter or does Swarovski have some patent on that design. I could see that being very very competitive because 6k for a dual eye spotter is pretty rediculous
Great info and review guys, it seems it comes to preferences. I much rather keep my bios for the range and feel much comfortable with the extra steps than having a “extra” piece of gear I don’t seem necessary. Other may disagree so again preference.
Fair enough!
25÷25=2 👍🏻
Always great info
Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!
Question ... my 10 × 42 vortex db I had trouble with them viewing turkeys and deer out to 600 yards . I just want to be able to see a turkeys beard and s deers rack out to 600-800 yards . If I upgrade to the 18×56 will they do that for me ?
Yeah you would be able to see that but the problem is you have to have them mounted to a tripod. So for an eastern hunter these binos don’t really makes sense.
I was out turkey hunting today. At 500 yards my vortex diamondback 15x56 had no issue making out the fuzz on the feathers of the turkey. At 1,400 yards i can make out individual clumps of grass, and see texture.
Buy nice or buy twice. Make sure you get a very stable tripod. I use 12x50 in the Central AZ desert, wind in the AM, good tripod makes a world of difference.
What do you recommend?
Best way to avoid face or eye fatigue while using a spotter is to take an eye patch along and leave both open.
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@bowhunter4954 either haven't trained their brain to shut off one eye while looking through a scope and a few even don't have a dominant eye.
Get em both, I run maven 9x45, 15x56 and their 15-45x65 I can hunt open desert sage county to high country basins. I love 15s I got them before I got a spotter and I almost get anxiety if I go to scout or go to hunt and I don't take them. Granted I don't need them for like a cow elk hunt or where I archery elk hunt but deer and antelope they're money. But the spotter has it's places being able to Glass into shade outside what you can see with the 15s or maybe you can see it with the 15s you're just unsure of what it is like is that a stick or is that an antler or that's a deer how big is it is it a buck or doe.
Great choice on the Mavens!
If I had to choose what optic to leave n camp, it would be my binos! I was the first to discover ed glass in 1992 and it was only offered in spotting scopes! I’ve had hunters that tried to buy my spotting scopes while hunting when they could see spikes at a mile away or further on 60x! My hunting partners feel the same way!
What about using an eye patch with the spotter?
absolutely! works perfectly with no eye strain and fatigue.
Mule Deer, Pronghorn & Elk Swaro 15's all the way.... goats and rams spotter.
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I’m a beginner hunter here so excuse my ignorance on it. But, what difference does it make when using different scopes on different game?
@@JR_ST goats and rams live in different terrain, wide-open landscapes like the desert and high mountain tops that required very precise focus glassing.
Hi guys I am in the uk just stumbled across your posts. I am currently looking at aircraft in the sky at cloud hight and above with binoculars but I only use one eye as I am short sighted in one and long in the other what’s your thoughts on the single scope. Also interested in celestial. Interesting listening to you both.👍
Hmmm... a single scope might be tough. Have you looked into image-stabilizing binoculars like the Sig Sauer Zulu6 line? They might be the ticket for looking at aircraft in the sky. You can see some of the options here: shop.gohunt.com/collections/sig-sauer?gf_136424=Binoculars
They are offered in 10x, 12x, 16x and 20x. Here is the 12x model: shop.gohunt.com/collections/sig-sauer/products/sig-sauer-zulu6-hdx-12x42mm-image-stabilized-binocular
Usually hunting in groups so always plenty of bins and at least one spotter on hand..
I’m using Nikon Monarch 12x56 and a Sightron spotting scope. Thinking about a set of Tract binos
I've been waiting long time to decide I think the binos wud be better both eye's used + alot lighter good binos you can see quite far I think thy will be great for hunting thx for video cheers bro
Hi! If you ever have any questions, you can email Cody Nelson (our amazing optics manager) and he can help you decide between a few options
Thanks a Lot
Most welcome!
Love the glass talk! Are you guys ever gonna carry Kowa?
Thanks for watching! We may take that into consideration, we'll send it up the chain to our Optics Manager. Best of luck this season!
talk to us about inter-pupillary distance and binoculars.
my head is big. I had to trade a decent pair for my brother's so-so ones because I couldn't see out of both eyes simultaneously.
thanks!
Hey James, please shoot an email to our Optics Manager, Cody Nelson. He will hook you up and answer any questions you may have. Best of luck this season!
Man if they would just put a ranging reticle in it. I would buy them yesterday!
I currently run a Razor UHD 65mm spotter and a pair of Swarovski slc 10x42s that I also mount to my tripod, Been using a spotter for years and I’m very effective with it however I find myself using the lowest power 98% of the time so I’m liking the idea of a big set of binos, you guys made some very valid points on this I’ll definitely be replacing my spotter with a pair of Swarovski 15s.
That's great to hear Gilbert! Thanks for watching. When you are ready, hit up our expert Optics Manager Cody Nelson and he will hook you up with new glass. You can reach him at optics@gohunt.com 🔥🔥
Ironically, i struggle with binos but use a spotting scope just fine.
So this may be a dumb question, but why couldn't you use a spotter with a phone scope? You could look with both eyes open and it wouldn't be as heavy as the large binos. Plus, most people carry their phone anyway.
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Love the combo of the Vortex UHD 10x42’s with a Kowa TSN-554 15-45x55mm. Reasonable weight combo & stellar optics for both. I’ve spent time behind the Vortex Razor 11-33. Nice glass. The Kowa’s are at a different level in their class of compact spotters (of which they’re really are few offerings). Spent hours behind my good friend’s NL 12x42’s last season. Amazing glass! Personally, I’d run the UHD’s all-day-long for the money. My eyes prefer them to the SLC’s, and they’re very close to the EL’s. I haven’t been impressed with Swarovski’s QC. I’ve owned various iterations over the years. My last pair of CL’s had an eyepiece screw back out. My buddy’s NL’s had one eyecup that wouldn’t catch the detents and would back all the way off. Unsat for $3k glass. Other than that, the NL’s are amazing optically.
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Binoculars for me all day long and you can get alot more use outa them..
Homeboy ain't hiking anywhere... 😅
Ya... a really good spotting scope is superior IMHO...if you ever spotted a sniper, a 60X spotting scope set up properly is superior...
Yo homie needs speed this thing up
If you have 10X;s, I just don't see the purpose of having a pair of 12X's. Yes, 2X more. So, wouldn't a pair of 15X's or 18X's make more sense? Then I would say depending on the terrain you could add a spotter for details. For me. I would carry my 10X's and have the 15X in my pack. Then I would have a hunting partner carry the spotter. Thoughts?
Well, binocular design has it's limitation. no roof prism bin is going to function as well as you'd think at 18x. 10x is really the practical limit of good resolution and brightness of any roof prism bin. You would be better served carrying a 7x bin of good quality and a 60mm quality spotter in your hunting bro's pack.
Simple, wear an eye patch. It’s not rocket science folks
So the logic that a person is gonna have an issue looking through a spotting scope cuz of closing one eye , is to get a high power bino? But they don't have an issue using a high power scope they're using? Maybe because I don't have that issue so I can't understand that logic. Is it cuz a spotting scope the eye hole is smaller than a rifle scope? Why not use a phone with the adapter on your spotting scope if you have issues looking through one? Interesting video but you lost me at the beginning.
It’s tires a lot of people out to look for a long time with one eye. The binos have more glass overall that exit the binocular so you can see more field of view
Just walk around with one eye closed for a couple hours and you will prob feel disoriented and tired. It’s not how your body is designed to work natirally
Yeah idk that's not how I hunt or many others that ik. It's use the binos (12x), spot the animal, use the spotting scope for 10 minutes max to verify, formulate plan, go kill. Spotting scopes that get used for hours at a time are guys making sure the ram they kill is measured before going after it (or a hunt similar to this). Elk, mule deer, pronghorn, etc don't require lots of spotting scope time.
@@Russuscitate that really depends on where you live and where you hunt. You found what works for you. Others are still trying to figure it out.
NO TOUCHING! The spotter must stay flat!
rubbish review, no proof JUST SALES TALK!
Just a video weighing the pros/cons of using a high-power pair of binoculars versus a spotting scope!
a patch over your eye saves you squinting all day through a spotter keeps both eyes relaxed