My neighbor needs a decent pair of binos for hunting, but doesn't have much of a budget. I might talk him into spending $200, or even help him out a little(I'm just thankful I'm not the one with a wife and three kids at home:king.
I happened on to some info for the Promasters while searching on the Bushnell Infinity that reminded me he needed some budget bins.
A search here turned up a couple of threads with few, but positive, comments.
Saw some comments about newer Promaster models having been better than earlier ones. Apparently there was an Infinity line that is being replaced by an Infinity Elite model. Maybe that is the difference.
Here is a page that features this brand:
http://www.webnotable.com/agptu/Catalog/index.asp?action=ViewCategory&CategoryID=81
The specs are pretty impressive. Wide angle FOVs, good close focus, decent eye relief, lightweight, nitrogen sealed, shockproof, waterproof, fogproof, phase corrected, and FMC plus some other kind of coating that's supposed to repel rain or dust.
Hopefully someone here has one of these, and can give some specifics.
Do the twistup eyecups have detents, or are they an all or nothing kind of thing?
Can you give impressions of how they compare to some of the popular binos like the Nikon Monarch? If you can compare to something like the Browning 8x32 or Pentax DCF SP, that would be great.
How well do they handle glare/low angle sunlight?
The FOV specs 7.5*/8x42, 8.1*/8x32, and 6.3*/10x42 really jumped out at me.
Just realized as I finished typing this, that these are similar to the Vortex Diamondbacks which are about the same price, and have even wider FOVs. Comments on those are welcome as well, particularly any about how these two compare.
Thanks.
edit: btw, same questions for the Diamondbacks as for the Promasters
I happened on to some info for the Promasters while searching on the Bushnell Infinity that reminded me he needed some budget bins.
A search here turned up a couple of threads with few, but positive, comments.
Saw some comments about newer Promaster models having been better than earlier ones. Apparently there was an Infinity line that is being replaced by an Infinity Elite model. Maybe that is the difference.
Here is a page that features this brand:
http://www.webnotable.com/agptu/Catalog/index.asp?action=ViewCategory&CategoryID=81
The specs are pretty impressive. Wide angle FOVs, good close focus, decent eye relief, lightweight, nitrogen sealed, shockproof, waterproof, fogproof, phase corrected, and FMC plus some other kind of coating that's supposed to repel rain or dust.
Hopefully someone here has one of these, and can give some specifics.
Do the twistup eyecups have detents, or are they an all or nothing kind of thing?
Can you give impressions of how they compare to some of the popular binos like the Nikon Monarch? If you can compare to something like the Browning 8x32 or Pentax DCF SP, that would be great.
How well do they handle glare/low angle sunlight?
The FOV specs 7.5*/8x42, 8.1*/8x32, and 6.3*/10x42 really jumped out at me.
Just realized as I finished typing this, that these are similar to the Vortex Diamondbacks which are about the same price, and have even wider FOVs. Comments on those are welcome as well, particularly any about how these two compare.
Thanks.
edit: btw, same questions for the Diamondbacks as for the Promasters
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