Which high power Bino's you recommend that won't break bank.

[saskhunter]

I use a spotting scope a lot and have way too much money tied up in them. But good glass is important. I have been thinking of getting a set of maybe 15 or 20x Gino's to use off a tripod or window mount. What are you guys using? Would be nice to do it on a relatively cheap budget, maybe around $1500.

 

[bearkilr]

I played with a set of Zeiss 20x60 image stabilizing bino's once, pretty cool. But not $1500. They're probably still $3k or so used. I haven't heard of too many guys using bino's to replace a spotter. Maybe add a second spotter and use them like a bino? Or Swarovski has the dual eyepiece system.

 

[saskhunter]

I looked at the Swarovski dual eyepiece, they have one at our local shop. It is around $3K just for the eyepiece and luckily it would fit my spotting scope. If you had to buy both you have about $5K in it.
I see guys post pictures of sheep and goat hunting and in the background a lot of times is big Bino's sitting on a tripod. I like the spotting scope but your eye definitely gets tired after an hour or so of glassing.

 

[pr connection]

If u like good glass keep your eyes on the EE in optics section........I'm sure you will eventually find a used pair of swaro's , Leica' s or Zeiss that will come close to ur budget

 

[savagelh]

If you have good 10x binos and you said you already have a good spotter is there really a need for high x nockers? You won't be saving any weight and will still need a tripod anyway. If you tripod mount a set of 10x binos imo it's more like looking through 12-15× glass due to the stability. Just my opinion but I feel there's a pretty good reason that high powered binoculars aren't that common.