Purchased these back in February when they were on sale, but had not really had a chance to put them to the test.
I was a bit concerned why they were selling them at such a good price - wondering if they were not very good
However I was moose hunting north of North Bay during a week of rain, tramping through a lot of heavy brush and doing a lot of glassing.
So here is my report - IMHO
I was very impressed with these Bino's - they performed much better then I had expected.
The clarity and contrast is excellent - it was very easy to see deer in the brown grass etc where they normally can blend in
Focus was very smooth and the amount of eye relief made them easy to use while wearing glasses.
Im fairly hard on my equipment when hunting so these got banged around a lot but the rubberized coating kept them from showing any marks.
Even with all the rain I never had any fogging problems
Overall for hunting in Ontario - I cant imagine needing anything better then these. If I was hunting where you do a lot of very long range glassing I might need to step up but that would require a trip of of Ontario.
I also compared them by looking my rifle scope - a Swarovski Z5 which has fairly very nice glass - and even then they were still very good.
So overall - I would not hesitate to purchase another set or recommend them
I was a bit concerned why they were selling them at such a good price - wondering if they were not very good
However I was moose hunting north of North Bay during a week of rain, tramping through a lot of heavy brush and doing a lot of glassing.
So here is my report - IMHO
I was very impressed with these Bino's - they performed much better then I had expected.
The clarity and contrast is excellent - it was very easy to see deer in the brown grass etc where they normally can blend in
Focus was very smooth and the amount of eye relief made them easy to use while wearing glasses.
Im fairly hard on my equipment when hunting so these got banged around a lot but the rubberized coating kept them from showing any marks.
Even with all the rain I never had any fogging problems
Overall for hunting in Ontario - I cant imagine needing anything better then these. If I was hunting where you do a lot of very long range glassing I might need to step up but that would require a trip of of Ontario.
I also compared them by looking my rifle scope - a Swarovski Z5 which has fairly very nice glass - and even then they were still very good.
So overall - I would not hesitate to purchase another set or recommend them
