bamaranger
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Hey, I'm going to take some gift cards and cash them in at Gander for new binos. I'm thinking a hunting pair, 8x. I'm thinking $250 total cost. counting my cards. We had honest to gosh Steiner military grade binos at work, and they were outstanding, (and expensive) both 7x50 and 10x50. Big, heavy, HD models, but very rugged and wonderful optically, even at night. 'Course I had to give mine back when I retired!
The sport version of the Steiner 8x30 seemed nice and bright, and I could get the unit expanded enough to index both fields of view. That's a real problem, as I have a pretty good sized noggin. But....near as I can tell, Steiner only offers a 10 yr warranty on that model. That's an issue when other outfits offer lifetime, or limited lifetime warranties. Online, bloggers are calling the Steiner 8x30 military marine (as sold to civilians) Steiner "lite".
Some of the name models I tinkered with at the store would not open up enough to get indexed, seemed like the Nikon ATB were guilty of that. I'm a Leupold guy, and the Cascade and Acadia's are in the same range, but no examples.
So, who has a set of the Steiner Mil & Marine 8x30 as sold to the sport market and what is your opinion of them?
For the money, is their another 8x30, or 8x42, roof or porro, that will accomodate my big noggin, and will hold up to real use afield, with which you own and are using satisfactorily?
The sport version of the Steiner 8x30 seemed nice and bright, and I could get the unit expanded enough to index both fields of view. That's a real problem, as I have a pretty good sized noggin. But....near as I can tell, Steiner only offers a 10 yr warranty on that model. That's an issue when other outfits offer lifetime, or limited lifetime warranties. Online, bloggers are calling the Steiner 8x30 military marine (as sold to civilians) Steiner "lite".
Some of the name models I tinkered with at the store would not open up enough to get indexed, seemed like the Nikon ATB were guilty of that. I'm a Leupold guy, and the Cascade and Acadia's are in the same range, but no examples.
So, who has a set of the Steiner Mil & Marine 8x30 as sold to the sport market and what is your opinion of them?
For the money, is their another 8x30, or 8x42, roof or porro, that will accomodate my big noggin, and will hold up to real use afield, with which you own and are using satisfactorily?