eagle#eyes

I got a good deal on the Swaro slc hd's. I tried to not look through them. With my eyes being so close together they were the most comfortable. I really liked the Conquest's also, but as close as i needed the eye cups it almost pinched my nose and just wasn't quite as good a fit as the swaro's. Like i had said earlier, i really wanted to try those euro hd's but cabelas never had them to compare or try.

I just picked up a new set of binoculars and thought/looked long and hard and what you are talking about. The one thing about the Meopta/Cabelas Euro's 12x is they weigh almost the same as the 15's, if weight matters to you it's something to think about. I don't carry a spotter since I'm not much of a trophy horn hunter and probably never will be so I went with the 15's. The Cabelas Euros have the smallest FOV out of the 15's I looked at also(online at least, I couldn't get my hands on any to look through). Good luck with the search.

I'm looking to upgrade my release and have been looking at the Spot Hogg Wise guy as well as the Tru-Fire Hardcore Release Max. If anyone has any input or experience with these or any other release I should take a look at, let me know. Thanks.

Are you selling the rifle/scope to fund the new one, or are you keeping your current set up and adding to it?

You can't really go wrong with any of these choices. You can throw the Razors in the mix as well. I looked through the Zeiss and Cabelas Euro HD's (Meopta) in the store and in those conditions you couldn't tell a difference. Have him put his hands on them and see what feels the and looks the best to him. You can probably find used Swarovski around that price too if you are patient.

I appreciate the input and experience, now I just need to get some time to go try these out for myself. Thanks

You can check rokslide.com also, they generally have tons of people selling camo on there.

Looks like good times.

i stopped by Ross Outdoors today briefly and shot the Spot Hogg. That's what i was told they all shoot and they prefer. I didn't have much time and wasn't able to compare it to anything, the trigger on it seemed light, to the point I wasn't sure if it was too light. I know the Tru-Fire you can adjust the tension, I was told you can adjust the Spot Hogg as well.

What was it you preferred over the Spot Hogg? Was it just because you were more comfortable with 10 years of use or was there anything specific that makes/made your Scott more comfortable?

He sent me a pm. I have some Cabela's gift cards that offset the deal he is giving By just enough that I'm holding off hoping someone can either talk him down in price, or someone will Offer another pair line the guy the other week for 1800 lol. Patience is a virtue right?

I'm ready to pull the trigger of anyone is selling then. They need to be the newest hd's with the narrow interpupilary distance for my close eyes. The older ones won't work. Thanks

That's a shooter in my book. I've caught coues fever and after my elk hunt I plan on trying to figure out unit 33 to find my first coues. Anything with a bone coming our of his head will be fair game for me.

Still looking...

I've also read positive reviews on other websites about Maven optics, never had my hands on them though. It looks like their smallest version is in your price range.

At that price range the new nikon monarch 7's are pretty decent. To me they looked better than the zeiss terra, but are also $100 some odd more.

Great meeting you Dan, hopefully my wife likes it! It was to good of a deal to pass on.

Just out of curiosity, how far were the Javi you were glassing?

I'm new to the forum as well as quality optics. I'm looking at a new pair of 15's and am considering the swaros,zeiss conquest as well as the euro hd's. I know the only way to judge for yourself is to look through them, and have read as many reviews as possible about the 3. Any particular review says 1 or the other is better or close enough to the swaros to justify not paying that much,my question is will that still be the case in 5-10 years? I know these sets are relatively new so there may not much data on it. I have close eyes so not just any set will work for me and I have yet to get my hands on the euro's,cabelas hasn't had them in stock yet. Thanks

It looks like some sweet deals. My only down side for this purchase is I have enough in gift cards to come out of pocket less than what the savings would be in this case. Thanks for the link though, it is something to watch.

I was referring to who might carry them in house to put my hands on but yes, there is definitely more options than just Cabelas to buy from now.

To be honest if I would have been able to avoid looking through the Swaros i would have walked out with the Zeiss. I thought the Zeiss looked perfect until the person at the counter said with how close my eyes are together the newest Swaros would probably fit great. I think the Swaros had a more narrow eye cup which may have helped also.

I'm interested to see who starts carrying those, if any of the big stores. I haven't heard anything bad about them but also don't know anyone that actually owns them either. I did get to handle the Zeiss and the Swaros last night, like everyone has said the Swaros are better. To me, they seemed sharper, felt better in my hands and up to my face, and the focus wheel on the Zeiss seemed sloppier/faster( I don't know if that is the correct term) which made me prefer the Swaros. Now I have to decide if they are actually $600 better, that is the tougher question. I have the funds for either but $600 is $600.

I appreciate the input. At this point i just need to go and look through them and see how they compare. The Euros may end up being the odd bino out since the lady at Cabelas didn't seem to know when they would be getting any 15x56 in and I"m out in east Mesa, i can look at the other 2 at Sportsmans or even Bass. If anybody out my way has any I could look through sometime let me know, and for that matter if anyone is selling any, let me know, I've got an itchy trigger finger waiting to pull the trigger on something. Thanks again.

I got my hopes up this evening because Cabela's had the 15x56slc's in the bargain cave. I got transferred to the optic department and was told there was an issue with the adaptor mount, something was put in backwards and they said now you can only use an actual Swarovski adaptor, but the deal breaker was while she said they are the hd,they are not the newest model, which doesn't fit me. I think they were 1800 if anyone is looking for a pair. The guy acted like he could be talked down a little too.