They WORK SO WELL The Hunting Industry Hates Them – Image Stabilizing Binoculars

You absolutely do NOT need to touch your binos woth your head/eyes on a tripod , i never touch my binos on the tripod . Your so full of shit .

The hunting indusrty hatesstabilized binoculars ? Wtf are you talking about ? Been all over the world hunting never once heard or even overheard anyone saying anything negative .

some mediation will also do the trick 🙂

I used a GoPro mount double side taped to the sigs so you can use a tripod

14:00 This simply isn't true by any stretch of the imagination. Besides a few Swarovski, Zeiss and one Leica I currently own 6 stabilized binoculars including the 12×42 you're holding. I was an early adopter of Canon's first gen 10×42 IS L nearly two decades ago and I currently own what would essentially be the gen3 although they don't call it that. I have the 8×20,12×32's and 15×50, They're all fantastic, right down the the $400 priced 10×30 IS Canon but they simply don't provide the same, nearly perfectly still image of the tripod. The occasionally bumping of the rig or touching of the occular to your face isn't a constant and seems like a rather pressed falsehood. It's this straight forward, if you sit down behind a tripod optic for 5 minutes, it's going to give you a perfectly still view for say, 4:42 of that five minutes vs zero PERFECTLY still time behind the IS. An argument could be made for the IS in heavy winds but wind also is not a constant factor and it becomes a matter of high frequency oscillation (that's partially controllable) on the tripod vs lower frequency, larger oscillations for the IS. You have enough experience to know that the smaller you look, the more critical the stillness becomes. I've sat on top of mountains for literally months of accumulated time behind the Zulu6, 12×32 and 15×50's. I've sat behind the 10×42's and a friends 18×50 viewing planetary moons and globular clusters. No matter how still I sit or stand upright, the small amount of drift is never fully mitigated. Prone, or low over the pack comes pretty close but but if I'm trying to verify if I saw an mulie's ear flick at 700 yards through grey brush, give me the 12×50 EL or 15X50 HD on a tripod any time over the IS…. that is, if the entire goal is to be able to see the one small thing as best as possible. As we both know, that's not the entire goal. It always comes down some level of compromise and we're ultimately willing to give up that a little bit of stability for the overall convenience and freedom that the IS's provide. There are no set up times, no movement restrictions and we carry a 1/2 the weight (worst case scenario) of the tripod system. If you're still carrying a spotter however, you also need the tripod and the weight advantage is cancelled.

Image stabilized binoculars have been around for 30 years. Leica optics had them first and most likely had the patent locked down for years. just like our range finders. Once the patents expired everyone had a 2000 yard range finder that actually read 2000 yards.

I have an image stabilized Nikon lens I bought about 20 years ago and they were an absolute game changer!

I bought them took them on a buffalo hunt. They are absolutely a game changer.

You said a whole lot of words to having 0 point to this ridiculous video absolute garbage.

You only do my like good glass because you can’t afford good glass

They’ve been around for decades

low light is a show stopper for me
80% or more of the time; sun-up and sun-down is when things happen

Awesome video. I have the zulu6 16s and I’ve been very successful at finding game with them. I found a decent tripod mounting solution. The battery bulge on the bottom of the binos fits well into the sunwayfoto SM-76 saddle mount, especially if you apply a little form padding to the inside of the saddle mount. Hopefully bigger objectives and range finding options aren’t too far off. I’m interested in the 12s but will probably stick with the 16s for at least a couple more seasons.

Turn off image stabilization when range finding is on and add a coin cell to power it. Pretty simple right.

Ask a friend with a 3D printer to make a tripod attachment for you.

I guide up in Alaska and my outfitter got these from SIG to test. A bunch of us used them, I loved them personally. If I needed to break apart some brush outside of the range for my 10×42’s it was a quick transition and was nice not having to pull out my spotting scope. My only gripe was the battery life. But other than that they are pretty sweet!

Nope, the big game changer is the heat sensing gear they have in rifle scopes and single and double tubed night equipment! Totally changes the game of spotting animals.

As a commercial fisherman who hunts, Ive been using my stabilized fishing binos to hunt for a long time. I was wondering why nobody else did this

Durability is just not there so be careful not to get wet or drop them.

I hate them cuz only entitled white Ken's and Karen's can afford them.

Apparently you didn’t do your homework. I’ve owned Canon image stabilized binos in the Absaroka mountains of Wyoming for over 10 years. Johnny come lately. 😂

One of my guiding clients brought some on a hunt. They are awesome! I need a set.

ive used bird watching canon 12 x 36 IS III for more than a decade and i laugh at hunter who dont use them. they need trippods to see bone at distance close than i can see it at

When there are variable power (say 8-24X) image stabilized binoculars with integrated long range (+1000 yd) range finder built in…that'll be when I throw down the $ and upgrade. No more spotting scope, tripod, or range finder…just one pair of binos on your chest and about 10lbs less gear to carry…can't wait for that day…probably be about 5-10 more years though.

i want a pair of these in 25x with a 56mm obj….. would replace my spoting scope and tripod. saving weight and time. love the 20x version with the new hd glass. only con is the low light preformance.

Does anyone know of any image stabilization binos with a rangefinder built in? Probably a long shot considering the tech sort of fights each other.

You're not wrong with that corporate hunting wanting to stick that sales needle your arm.

It's not new tec at all. Although those sig binos are nice. I would definitely use them for truck Glass or to replace my 10s maybe. I would not be able to replace my 15s or anything like that with them.

NOW add range to them and I would buy them

The rangefinder con seems simple to solve. Turn off IS and range on with a reticle.

Commercial and sport fisherman have used them for years

Me: spend $1000 on optics

Wife: what the heck is this charge for $1000!!??

Me: don’t worry I’m saving us money😂

I just looked and sig discontinued the ones you have, there's others companies though

Switched to the 12x Zulu 6 HDX this year and they are simply amazing. The first day out on my elk hunt this year I was giggling to myself the whole time because of how awesome they are. The glass is actually very good quality as well. I haven't looked through the older ones but the HDX glass is great for the price, much better than expected. I'll probably never go back to standard binos.

Do you think the optic quality (aside from the field of view) is comparable to regular optics of the same price (i.e. the 12x $1k set you have compared to another $1k 12x bino)?