Hydrophobic scope

Springer101

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Hi guys,
Looking for a new scope (yeah, that kind of post).
Would like it to have hydrophobic coating (it's a must) and possibly illuminated. I know there are plenty of 30mm with those 2 options, but would like it light, so 1" tube would be better.
Looking for 1-6 / 2-10; you know, short to medium range.
Can go arround 1k$

Any idea??

Thanks,

Jean
 
i used to play paintball and used anti fog spray on my masks.....tried it last year hunting and it worked awesome for those high humidity rainy deer days on my scopes.....costs about $4 for 6oz and i am just using they spray i bought years ago and left with the paintball gear. A $1000 purpose made scope to resist moisture and fog would be nice though.
 
Are you putting it on t he lens?

Yep sprayed one of those lens cloths then wiped the lens of the scope on both ends.....works very very well for keeping water from beading up or moisture including the scope. It doesn't do much if the humidity is high and the inside of the scope fogs....happens with my Leopold Vx1 and two Vortex scopes that were all around $3-400 even though theybare supposed to be totally sealed.

Applied day 1 of the hunt while setting up...then reapplied i think twice more after two bitter rainy days. I came up with this idea after hacing trouble seeing thru my scope at all from a fixed position during a deive the previous year...it was so rainy i couldnt see anything, with the spray i could still see thru the scope in similar rain the next year.
 
I even read on another forum about treating your scope lenses with Rain-X, an if I remember right, it was suggested/recommended by Leupold themselves, as the story goes. Personally I’m a little leery of applying anything to the factory lens coating.
 
I even read on another forum about treating your scope lenses with Rain-X, an if I remember right, it was suggested/recommended by Leupold themselves, as the story goes. Personally I’m a little leery of applying anything to the factory lens coating.

well on that one while i love experiments i wont do it ...
 
Read that those spray can damage your coating. Will not do that.

Swarovski has it, but only on Z6 (swaroclean).
Zeiss has it (Lotutec) on Hd5, conquest Dl and Victory.

Bushnell are definitely good (Rainguard) and 4200 may be an option.

Found also:

Leica (Aquadura)
Kahles (oilphobic)
Steiner on Nighthunter Xtreme only (Nano-protection)
Vortex may have it on upper models (armortek I believe).
 
Best to not spray these chemicals on your lenses. Several scopes are waterproof from the factory these days, so these chemicals are less necessary than they used to be. However, this technology will not be found on any scope, so research the products before you guy.

KGL
 
Best to not spray these chemicals on your lenses. Several scopes are waterproof from the factory these days, so these chemicals are less necessary than they used to be. However, this technology will not be found on any scope, so research the products before you guy.

KGL

at least now someone cannot pretend it did not know lol ... thank you very much for letting us know. experiment sometimes not worth it.
 
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