After lots of research, and a lot of skepticism, I purchased the Vortex vulture hd 15x56. The rokslide review sold me on them. I had spent a lot of time glassing with nothing to show for it, except for busting game from where I just glassed. My previous setup was a simmons 20-60x60 spotting scope, and 10x42 bushnells. In low light, both of those fail at even small distances. I was well past due for an upgrade, since I was basically wasting money hunting for high country mullies by handicapping myself.
I tried to get a pair of vortex kaibabs 15x56, but my budget was too low. I looked at swaroski slc 15x56 in a store and wow, they are of course better than the vultures. Again, budget. My thought was with votex's warranty, trading up will be easy since they seem to hold value well. I also looked at the 15x50 vortex viper hd and was unimpressed. The fov, brightness, and smaller glass did not feel right. The extra 6mm was key to seeing at 15x.
First impressions, the feel is nice in hands. Adjustment dials arent silky smooth, but they work fine. Once dialed in, you can tell they are still high quality. The glass is good-very good. Not great, not jaw dropping like swaroski, but very good. I have no doubts that Ill be able to look a mile away and spot something. I have only tested them in daylight, so ill follow up with low light impressions soon.
For just under 400 bucks, I couldnt be happier. I did buy a binocular to tripod adapter, not knowing it came with one, so now I have 2. Oh well. For me, counting points doesnt matter, I just want to fill the freezer first. My whole backcountry gear setup cost around 2500, including gun... The price was appropriate for my budget, style of hunting, and current situation. Unless these things just suck in low light, which I highly doubt, they have my recommendation for those of us who cant swing the fancy glass, and sole purpose is to locate game.&
I tried to get a pair of vortex kaibabs 15x56, but my budget was too low. I looked at swaroski slc 15x56 in a store and wow, they are of course better than the vultures. Again, budget. My thought was with votex's warranty, trading up will be easy since they seem to hold value well. I also looked at the 15x50 vortex viper hd and was unimpressed. The fov, brightness, and smaller glass did not feel right. The extra 6mm was key to seeing at 15x.
First impressions, the feel is nice in hands. Adjustment dials arent silky smooth, but they work fine. Once dialed in, you can tell they are still high quality. The glass is good-very good. Not great, not jaw dropping like swaroski, but very good. I have no doubts that Ill be able to look a mile away and spot something. I have only tested them in daylight, so ill follow up with low light impressions soon.
For just under 400 bucks, I couldnt be happier. I did buy a binocular to tripod adapter, not knowing it came with one, so now I have 2. Oh well. For me, counting points doesnt matter, I just want to fill the freezer first. My whole backcountry gear setup cost around 2500, including gun... The price was appropriate for my budget, style of hunting, and current situation. Unless these things just suck in low light, which I highly doubt, they have my recommendation for those of us who cant swing the fancy glass, and sole purpose is to locate game.&
