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What range finding binos is everyone liking?
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgivenAll" data-source="post: 2420486" data-attributes="member: 30897"><p>I'm torn on what to do. </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Hunting using Basemap</strong>: I love the basemap feature some of these RF binos are offering (Sig, new Leicas, ____) for locating downed game across a valley, wanting to get to a specific spot you can see but your mapping skills aren't the best, etc. Now, just press the button and establish a gps point of where to find the animal, where to start looking for blood, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NRL Hunter: </strong>I love the idea of using a single RF bino instead of switching between bino and my Sig Kilo 2400ABS for playing the NRL Hunter find-range-solution-shoot type of games. Refinding the objects with the handheld rangefinder takes more time. (plus the solver takes a sec to pop up the firing solution)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Other Hunting thoughts with contrasting views:</strong> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I love my 18x binos for doing my long-range glassing and spotting game. Tough to find 18x and a rangefinder.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I also like the small form-factor of a hand-held RF like my Sig Kilo to accompany my 18x binos</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't like the idea of hunting and now I'm carrying two binoculars (one for spotting, one for ranging)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I've heard the Sig 10k has basemaps but the glass isn't the best ($2200)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leica's Geovid Pro 10 x 32 ($2900) looks to be fantastic glass and has basemaps, too, but looks like they went w/ 32mm objectives to keep the bino as small as possible. </li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgivenAll, post: 2420486, member: 30897"] I'm torn on what to do. [LIST] [*][B]Hunting using Basemap[/B]: I love the basemap feature some of these RF binos are offering (Sig, new Leicas, ____) for locating downed game across a valley, wanting to get to a specific spot you can see but your mapping skills aren't the best, etc. Now, just press the button and establish a gps point of where to find the animal, where to start looking for blood, etc. [*][B]NRL Hunter: [/B]I love the idea of using a single RF bino instead of switching between bino and my Sig Kilo 2400ABS for playing the NRL Hunter find-range-solution-shoot type of games. Refinding the objects with the handheld rangefinder takes more time. (plus the solver takes a sec to pop up the firing solution) [*][B]Other Hunting thoughts with contrasting views:[/B] [LIST] [*]I love my 18x binos for doing my long-range glassing and spotting game. Tough to find 18x and a rangefinder. [*]I also like the small form-factor of a hand-held RF like my Sig Kilo to accompany my 18x binos [*]I don't like the idea of hunting and now I'm carrying two binoculars (one for spotting, one for ranging) [*]I've heard the Sig 10k has basemaps but the glass isn't the best ($2200) [*]Leica's Geovid Pro 10 x 32 ($2900) looks to be fantastic glass and has basemaps, too, but looks like they went w/ 32mm objectives to keep the bino as small as possible. [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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