This summer i sold my 10 year old Leica geovids and bought a pair of the SIG kilo3000 rangefinder binoculars. Pretty much a straight over swap as i sold the old ones for 1300 and new ones were 1349 on sale at bass pro.
The glass is obviously not the same - i wasn’t expecting Leica quality glass - but the different settings, speed of ranging and lower weight make me happy i bought the new ones. The glass isn’t BAD - heck, it’s much better than i expected, just not quite on the same level as Leica, zeiss, or swaro.
Also, i recently bought a new tikka in 6.5 and topped it with a SIG Sierra 6.5-20 scope. The rangefinder and scope communicate with each other, and when you range a target, the scope automatically adjusts the point of aim to reflect the distance... I’m not much of a rifle hunter, but for shooting steel targets at various ranges, i thought it would be a ton of fun. Haven’t tried it out too much, but it was definitely a selling feature on the SIG binocular/rangefinder.
As a side note - one of my buddies also got rangefinding binoculars this summer. He went with the vortex. When comparing them in the field, we notice that the SIG are a tiny bit clearer in low light, but not by much. The warranty on the vortex is much better. So i think that’s the trade off.
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