No idea what this is like but since I just ordered one I hope to find out quite soon.
The 6.5x21 Papilio I got is so good I always had my eye on the UP 8x25 as a possibility but already having the Hawke Frontier PC with similar spec I never bothered but the other day the eyecup broke off the Frontier and so I just binned it rather than bothering Hawke again. I wanted to try something different in any case.
So I'm used to the narrowish 108m fov but since my Papilio has a similar APOV to this UP and is so sharp and to the edge then if this UP is similar I think it should be very good as it has 25mm objectives -compared to the 21mm of the Papilio- for some extra light gathering and what the Papilio achieves with the 21mm is almost unbelievable.
The UP is also Waterproof but it seems about as bulky as the Papilio so not very compact but I shall see.
I will be comparing it against my current 8x25 champion the Viking Vistron and if it beats that then I'm onto a winner.
Almost forgot. I'm also of course very interested to see how it compares to the Papilio II.
The 6.5x21 Papilio I got is so good I always had my eye on the UP 8x25 as a possibility but already having the Hawke Frontier PC with similar spec I never bothered but the other day the eyecup broke off the Frontier and so I just binned it rather than bothering Hawke again. I wanted to try something different in any case.
So I'm used to the narrowish 108m fov but since my Papilio has a similar APOV to this UP and is so sharp and to the edge then if this UP is similar I think it should be very good as it has 25mm objectives -compared to the 21mm of the Papilio- for some extra light gathering and what the Papilio achieves with the 21mm is almost unbelievable.
The UP is also Waterproof but it seems about as bulky as the Papilio so not very compact but I shall see.
I will be comparing it against my current 8x25 champion the Viking Vistron and if it beats that then I'm onto a winner.
Almost forgot. I'm also of course very interested to see how it compares to the Papilio II.
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