cheapest place to buy flip up lens caps?

[silverfoxdj]

I'm a big fan of the bikini covers. They are made of rubber so they seal the lenses perfectly and come off with one tug when you need to shoot.

Bikini..hmm care to elaborate never heard of them.. but I could be thinking of something different lol

 

[peterf]

Bikini..hmm care to elaborate never heard of them.. but I could be thinking of something different lol

I can't remember who makes them. It might be Butler Creek. I have them on all of my scopes. They are just 2 rubber caps that are connected by rubber straps on the sides. The straps stretch so when the caps go over the lenses they are air and water tight. There is a tab on the back one so when you need to shoot you can quickly pull them off.

 

[Mudduck]

I believe the see through Bikini caps come standard on Swarovski scopes

 

[Kryogen]

bikini covers are so ugly ... jeez I cant stand those.

 

[Trinimon]

bikini covers are so ugly ... jeez I cant stand those.

Ditto. One more thing to stuff into my pocket or misplace.

 

[Can-down]

The flip up caps are not hard to operate. They protect the scope from damage and when opened you are looking through the glass of your optics not some cheap plastic.
The only real downside I can see, would be if you had to make a snap unexpected shot and you hadn't already opened them. Even this could be overcome with a bit of training and discipline.

TDC I've never tried the see through caps. Are they nice to look through in low light?

 

[Smcx]

DX.com

 

[patrickosuave]

I had some BC caps laying around that were a little too big for what I needed, wrap or two of electrical tape on scope as shim worked for me.
Cheapest place I found for caps was Ebay.