Lucafu1 Report post Posted August 14 Yeah I was gonna order but November is what I heard. I am gonna wait. I keep hearing they're great though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted August 14 13 minutes ago, Lucafu1 said: Yeah I was gonna order but November is what I heard. I am gonna wait. I keep hearing they're great though. I got some time to sit down side by side with them, 15’s and 12 NL’s. They are good, not earth shattering. The 15’s are better in my opinion, just heavier. I’m gonna keep em all as I feel like they all have their niche, but if someone held a gun to my head and made me sell one pair right now it would be the 14’s. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted August 14 1 minute ago, yotebuster said: I got some time to sit down side by side with them, 15’s and 12 NL’s. They are good, not earth shattering. The 15’s are better in my opinion, just heavier. I’m gonna keep em all as I feel like they all have their niche, but if someone held a gun to my head and made me sell one pair right now it would be the 14’s. Thanks for the update and review. Very interesting to say the least. I appreciate the honesty and candidness as most people rant and rave about their recently hard-earned cash purchase. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucafu1 Report post Posted August 14 3 minutes ago, yotebuster said: I got some time to sit down side by side with them, 15’s and 12 NL’s. They are good, not earth shattering. The 15’s are better in my opinion, just heavier. I’m gonna keep em all as I feel like they all have their niche, but if someone held a gun to my head and made me sell one pair right now it would be the 14’s. Thanks for the feedback! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted August 14 37 minutes ago, yotebuster said: I got some time to sit down side by side with them, 15’s and 12 NL’s. They are good, not earth shattering. The 15’s are better in my opinion, just heavier. I’m gonna keep em all as I feel like they all have their niche, but if someone held a gun to my head and made me sell one pair right now it would be the 14’s. Did you use them on that recent antelope hunt? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Lucafu1 said: Yeah I was gonna order but November is what I heard. I am gonna wait. I keep hearing they're great though. They are optically phenomenal imo, but like yote said, not earth shattering better than the 12's. If I didn't have the 12's and had 10's or 8's, I would probably grab a pair. I've seen a few on the secondary market if you really want a pair and don't want to wait. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted August 14 3 hours ago, Flatlander said: Did you use them on that recent antelope hunt? Yeah. Heat waves were brutal, as you know nothing is immune to that. I was hunting a particular buck Eli had found so honestly didn’t glass with them a ton on that hunt since I spent most of the two days it took to kill him wandering around the desert in the blazing sun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucafu1 Report post Posted August 14 16 minutes ago, HuntHarder said: They are optically phenomenal imo, but like yote said, not earth shattering better than the 12's. If I didn't have the 12's and had 10's or 8's, I would probably grab a pair. I've seen a few on the secondary market if you really want a pair and don't want to wait. Thanks. I have had the 12 ELs and both generations of 15s. I like the higher magnification better and think the 14s would be nice to have along with my 15s. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Lucafu1 said: Thanks. I have had the 12 ELs and both generations of 15s. I like the higher magnification better and think the 14s would be nice to have along with my 15s. I remember when the 12 EL's came out. They were "all the rage" and people were dumping the SLC 15's. 15's are still the king. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted August 15 17 hours ago, PRDATR said: I remember when the 12 EL's came out. They were "all the rage" and people were dumping the SLC 15's. 15's are still the king. I think they’re two very different Binos. If I had to pick one of the two for the rest of my life I’d pick 12’s over 15’s for general use, but they aren’t really apples to apples. The 14’s are more of a direct competitor to the 15’s, and from what I could see, the only advantage the 14’s have is size and weight. The image on the 15’s was better in my eyes. Definitely more magnification (the whole 14.7 on the 14’s vs 15’s must not be true; either that or the 15’s are 15.9 because there’s definitely more noticeable magnification on the 15’s) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted August 15 I've heard this same statement about the 14.7 possibly being bs. Others tried to say it's because the FOV is bigger, so it appears to not have as much power. Imo there is a good jump from El's to NL's. Not earth shattering, but noticeable to me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed67 Report post Posted August 17 I ordered on July 9th and was told it likely would be October when they arrive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnybrocko Report post Posted August 20 On 8/16/2024 at 8:46 PM, Ed67 said: I ordered on July 9th and was told it likely would be October when they arrive Where did you order from Ed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
