I am looking at purchasing a spotting scope this year and potentially upgrading my Monarch 3 10 x 42 Binos. I've read through a lot of the opinions and I guess I wanted to beat this horse a little bit more. My monarchs have done me well sitting in a blind antelope hunting a few years ago and for every purpose here on the East Coast. I also used them in Idaho last year and I didn't have much of a problem picking animals out from what I considered a good distance away.
Since I'm sure it will be asked, I plan on using the optics mostly for archery 1 or maybe 2 times per year over the next several years out west.
My first question is would it be worth it to upgrade to vortex 10 x 42's? Is there that big of a difference? We have pretty limited product lines here in the area so it's hard for me to go somewhere to compare. Anyone that may have looked through both of these, I sure would appreciate any feedback. Next is the spotting scope. I am definitely looking at the vortex spotter, I am just not sure what size. Is there a huge difference for what I will be using it for in the Viper versus razor? And, if I told you I had $1500 in credit and would actually not have to pay anything out-of-pocket for these updates, what would you do?
Since I'm sure it will be asked, I plan on using the optics mostly for archery 1 or maybe 2 times per year over the next several years out west.
My first question is would it be worth it to upgrade to vortex 10 x 42's? Is there that big of a difference? We have pretty limited product lines here in the area so it's hard for me to go somewhere to compare. Anyone that may have looked through both of these, I sure would appreciate any feedback. Next is the spotting scope. I am definitely looking at the vortex spotter, I am just not sure what size. Is there a huge difference for what I will be using it for in the Viper versus razor? And, if I told you I had $1500 in credit and would actually not have to pay anything out-of-pocket for these updates, what would you do?