$400. / What hunting Binoculars would you buy.

[DirtShooter]

Originally Posted by coxy95

Maven C1 10x42 are on sale starting Thursday, @ 25 % off. That's what i'd be going with but it sounded like you might be leaning more toward an 8 power. If that's the case and you'd prefer to look through them first i'd wait for a sale on some Nikon Monarch 5's.

Where's the sale at?

[270person]

Pretty hard to beat Steiner 10x at under $400.

[coxy95]

Originally Posted by DirtShooter

Where's the sale at?

Right off their site, Mavenbuilt.com.

[MountainTi]

Originally Posted by 270person

Pretty hard to beat Steiner 10x at under $400.

For $400 I would agree. When the predators came out 30 years ago they were $1100. Not sure why so much cheaper nowadays

[tkhiebs]

Has anyone bought from the Maven site? Can I expect a big tax and duty bill.

[Dean2]

I called Maven Friday to order direct from them. As soon as I told her I was from Canada she told me I would be far better off ordering from Amazon Canada. She said she would sell to me, even could tell me what the postage through USPS would be but because the C models are made in the Phillipines that duty and taxes were highly variable. Many Canadian customers were charged nothing, not even gst, others got very big duty Bills plus GST.

The glasses with exchange and postage were only slightly less than Amazon. Any duty on top and I would have been backwards on the deal. Amazon, with 115 off for trying or having prime was a better deal.

[Swaintrain21]

Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple

Vortex Diamondback 10x42

X2

[Pasc43]

Originally Posted by Dean2

I called Maven Friday to order direct from them. As soon as I told her I was from Canada she told me I would be far better off ordering from Amazon Canada. She said she would sell to me, even could tell me what the postage through USPS would be but because the C models are made in the Phillipines that duty and taxes were highly variable. Many Canadian customers were charged nothing, not even gst, others got very big duty Bills plus GST.

The glasses with exchange and postage were only slightly less than Amazon. Any duty on top and I would have been backwards on the deal. Amazon, with 115 off for trying or having prime was a better deal.

Yup, snagged mine off Amazon, great deal and they came that same evening!

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by Pasc43

Yup, snagged mine off Amazon, great deal and they came that same evening!

How do you like the Mavens and have you had a chance to compare them to anything else side by side. My Leicas are out having the focus fixed, courtesy of Bob at McBain cameras, truly a GREAT guy to deal with, so can't compare.

[Speckle55]

I use Bushnell 10x22 by 50mm for the last 30 years +
https://www.trekkinn.com/outdoor-mou...4ORQ&gclsrc=ds


when u want to take a closer look its easy

the warranty of Bushnell is awesome

the price is right

i live in the foothills so distance spotting sometimes

they have paid for them self's over and over

if i need to look closer then my Bushnell 12X36 spotting scope works

spent hours spotting everything Grizz/Moose/Elk/Deer/Wolves/Sheep etc

money well spent

David

[TBark]

I had the Vortex Diamondbacks 10x42 and Cabelas Intensity 12x50 side be side at Cabelas North the other day.
Went with the Cabelas, same price, aprx $100 off, so sub $300 on sale.
Also noticed that Vortex makes those Cabelas brand anyways.

TBark

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by TBark

I had the Vortex Diamondbacks 10x42 and Cabelas Intensity 12x50 side be side at Cabelas North the other day.
Went with the Cabelas, same price, aprx $100 off, so sub $300 on sale.
Also noticed that Vortex makes those Cabelas brand anyways.

TBark

Does the Cabelas version have the same lifetime, no fault warranty as the Vortex branded version. I ask because being made by Vortex you know you will need to use that warranty. If they don't I would take them back and swap as the 100 bucks would be a lot better spent getting the Vortex.

[marky_mark]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Does the Cabelas version have the same lifetime, no fault warranty as the Vortex branded version. I ask because being made by Vortex you know you will need to use that warranty. If they don't I would take them back and swap as the 100 bucks would be a lot better spent getting the Vortex.

I think cabelas branded optics have a similar warranty
Not 100% sure because I haven’t bought one for a while

[fishnguy]

Not that long ago, I saw a few posts here saying people had problems and were refused help only a year after the purchase, being told that the warranty is 1 year or something like that. Could be wrong though. That was in regards to scopes, if I recall correctly.

[aragor764]

I have the Diamondback 12x50 and I like em.

[Dean2]

Fishnguy is right. I googled Cabela's binocular guarantee. All kinds of threads came up saying they do not honour their lifetime guarantee. It means lifetime of the binocular, which is one year or when it breaks. They are also clear they do not repair, clean or fix optics. I would go back and swap for the Vortex while you are still in the 60 day return window.

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[TBark]

Tks folks,
I’ll get on it.

TBark

[mongo]

Nikon.

[mtnwhitefish]

no question

[fishnguy]

Very decent sale: https://www.cabelas.ca/product/61544...h-5-binoculars

[kingrat]

i snatched a pair of mavens on black fri off amazon for 100 off. the c1 10x42 all i have are nikon monarch5 10x42 to compare them to and they are noticeably clearer and brighter.

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by kingrat

i snatched a pair of mavens on black fri off amazon for 100 off. the c1 10x42 all i have are nikon monarch5 10x42 to compare them to and they are noticeably clearer and brighter.

Agree, I owned Monarch 5s and 7s. They were pretty good for the price but there are better now and when Nikon screwed over gun owners by eliminating the lifetime warranty on their scopes and refusing to fix them, even for a fee, I sold every Nikon product I had.

[kingrat]

I've still got the binos and 2 monarch 3 scopes set up for long range stuff with custom turrets that I like. Since that happened I've went over to leupold and been happy, and the mavens as well.