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Budget Priced Range Finding Binocs?
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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1688157" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>To the OP, looking at Leica's vs Sigs, Leica will have the advantage when it comes to glass. Their glass is excellent, no two ways about it.</p><p></p><p>However, that comes with a much higher price tag, as you should expect. Sig freely admits that their 3k BDX is not alpha glass like the Leica's, but it is an excellent rangefinder, very powerful with advanced connectivity to a Kestrel which is stable and fast. The glass itself is probably Vortex Viper grade, they compare it to their Zulu 5 glass. In the review I am doing right now, that appears to be pretty accurate.</p><p></p><p>The Leicas do not offer the same connectivity in their binos. If you get a 'b' model, depending on the generation, it has onboard ballistics that are sufficient within it's limitations if you tweak it, but it lacks the connectivity to the Kestrel that really opens up the distances. But again, the glass is top shelf. So you kind of have one with the best glass, and one with the best RF suite (not necessarily power, but overall including connectivity to a Kestrel etc.). Just have to decide what your priority is and how much you can spend.</p><p></p><p>Concerning Leica's CS reputation, you will find lots of complaints in the past. But over the past couple years, Leica USA took this head on and IIRC, doubled their CS staff, and also revamped their CS priorities. Current experience from people I have talked to is a completely different experience than it was years ago, where I understand there were real problems. To their credit, they seem to have done much to address that problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1688157, member: 80699"] To the OP, looking at Leica's vs Sigs, Leica will have the advantage when it comes to glass. Their glass is excellent, no two ways about it. However, that comes with a much higher price tag, as you should expect. Sig freely admits that their 3k BDX is not alpha glass like the Leica's, but it is an excellent rangefinder, very powerful with advanced connectivity to a Kestrel which is stable and fast. The glass itself is probably Vortex Viper grade, they compare it to their Zulu 5 glass. In the review I am doing right now, that appears to be pretty accurate. The Leicas do not offer the same connectivity in their binos. If you get a 'b' model, depending on the generation, it has onboard ballistics that are sufficient within it's limitations if you tweak it, but it lacks the connectivity to the Kestrel that really opens up the distances. But again, the glass is top shelf. So you kind of have one with the best glass, and one with the best RF suite (not necessarily power, but overall including connectivity to a Kestrel etc.). Just have to decide what your priority is and how much you can spend. Concerning Leica's CS reputation, you will find lots of complaints in the past. But over the past couple years, Leica USA took this head on and IIRC, doubled their CS staff, and also revamped their CS priorities. Current experience from people I have talked to is a completely different experience than it was years ago, where I understand there were real problems. To their credit, they seem to have done much to address that problem. [/QUOTE]
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