Outdoorsmans tripod adapter high or low?

[Camofreak]

I always used the low until i got the outdoorsmans pan head, the low worked fine with their pistol grip and micro though.

[WampusCat]

Had a spare minute and thought I'd throw a couple more pics up for comparison.

 

Here is are the Low, High, and Swaro standard (L to R) for comparison. Note the Tall is exactly 1" taller in size and by how much it raises the binos.

 

 

This is what I was talking about with the panhead not allowing the binos to adjust to their narrow most setting with the low adapter. The narrowest setting allows me to glass fine still but the binos are canted due to contact with the winged thumb screws. This is really what bothered me a lot requiring a crook in the neck and became uncomfortable after long sessions. If your eyes aren't set as narrow as mine this may be a non issue for you.

 

 

Notice contact with thumb screws.

 

 

Here is the tall.

 

 

Again, I use them both but if I had my choice I would like to carry the adapter mounted to the bino inside my pouch. This worked well for my 12x and I came to prefer it. Still great gear though and I haven't found anything better.

[WHT_MTNMAN]

My eyes are narrow and I put an extra small plate on the bottom and the adjust to the narrowest just fine..

[Cell4soul]

Glad this thread was posted. I have the tall adaptor I was running on my 15x56's. I am now running 12x50's and was going to use the tall adaptor on the 12x50's. I didn't know they made a short adaptor. I just ordered one hoping I will be able to keep it attached to the 12x50's and still fit in my bino harness. Thanks for the post.