Leica vs Swaro

[Wynot]

More precisely the Leica Trinovid vs the SLC swaro ... The Trinovids are the last model , not the new HD . Hard to compare without actually having them and I can arrange to do that but , asking any field experience with these 2 ....tks

 

[Ashcroft]

My hunting partner bought Leica's and I bought the SLC's about 25 years ago. They have been on countless mountains, forests and swamps, by foot, horseback and quad, soaked, bumped and dropped. Occasionally we swap, just for a change. They are interchangeably just the best. They are both light, tough, excellent resolution, not cheap, but awesome value for the $. Someday when we're too old to hunt - maybe in our eighties or nineties we will sell them for more than average binoculars cost new at the time and someone will get a great deal. Tough choice, but there is no wrong choice.

 

[dizzy]

Please if you can ...look through them. Both outstanding. The difference is only found in your own eyes. Light refracts reflects a little differently through everyone's eyes so one may be a hair better than the other for your eyes. For me it's the Swarovski for my brother it's the Leica's. It's actually noticeable if you are really looking. Hope this made sense.

 

[Mystic Precision]

Between these two AWESOME brands... I would go Leica in either binos or Spotting scope.

BUT it will depend on your eyes and how the optics work for you. Get behind them before making a decision.

Eye relief can be a big concern in some products so check that spec out too.

Jerry

 

[double gun]

I have Leica geovids (8x42) my brothers both have swaros (8.5x42 el and 15x56 Slc) both swaros are better than my leicas - especially when you are looking thru them for long periods of time. Now geovids aren't trinovids so I can't comment there. Also this isn't to say the leicas are junk, just not as nice as the Swarovski.

If I buying again, I would buy swaros hands down. That's my $0.02

 

[MG4A6]

IMHO nothing beats Swaro glass. But like other said just have to try them on for size

 

[Got Juice?]

Both solid choices. I drool over the Leica... Swaro not so much, perhaps because they have been at the top so long.

 

[sillymike]

SLC 7x30, one of the nicest binocular I've had the opportunity to play with.

 

[propliner]

I don't like the field-flatteners that are prevalent in those two companies' lenses. Grinding lenses that way to achieve perfect edge clarity results in a strange, unnatural effect when panning. I much prefer Zeiss glass and its incredibly natural-looking image, especially when panning through trees and fields.

I have a pair of 8x32 FL T* binos on their way here from Germany before they become impossible to find like the incredible 7x42 FL T*'s have already. They are already legendary in the bino world and I wish they'd produced more of them before changing to the new HT binos.