Vortex Optics Razor HD 10x50 Binocular

Perfect for viewing and spotting. Hoping to get a lot of use from them this coming season. Already helping with pre-season Target practice. Helping me really dial in my grouping for archery.

Used these binoculars extensively on a recent trip to Alaska. I spent most of my waking hours looking through these, no eye fatigue or headaches and crystal clear views. The no questions asked warranty is a huge positive on these as well.

If you are a hunter, great optics are a must. If you are anything like me you have probably slowly upgrade through the years. These are definitely great binos for the money. They give a bright sharp image with great edge to edge picture and FOV which will leave you wondering what you have been missing all the years. I debated between these and Leica Trinovids but the gentleman at Sportsman's Warehouse talked me into these because of the warranty. I compared these side by side with the Leicas and if you look closely you can notice a little higher magnification of the image on the Leicas, but better detail on the Razors. I have hunted with these for 2 seasons now in several states for elk, whitetail and blacktail deer. Overall great optics but my criticism would be their low light capabilities. They are great in the early mornings but horrible for the last 15 mins of hunting light when it counts the most. Overall if you are looking for a solid par of optics without breaking the bank I would recommend these. if you demand high performance then I would recommend spending the extra $200-400 for a pair of Euro Optics. I would love to sell these but couldn't even give them away for what they'd be worth.

I tried the 12x50 Diamondback first, but the FOV was sharp on only 40 percent of the view, chromatic aberration was bad, and the glare from the sun covered about one third of the view. I really tried to like these binos ,but I took them back after 3 days and bought the Razor 12x50 after reading all the glowing reviews. Well the razors were better, but I still had problems with glare and chromatic aberration. Instead of seeing a small purple or green edge on a horizonal tree limb, what I saw on the upright structure of the tree was about 2 thirds of the bark was purple on a sunny day. The FOV is good to about 75% of the view (not good), so I bought the Meostar 12x50, no glare ,very,very low C.A. and FOV is around 90% sharp. Maybe the Chinese guys who made this bino drank some rice wine during lunch and forgot to apply the coatings to the lenses. Kidding aside, the glare and C.A. were bad on both Vortex binos. The 42mm Razors may be better ,have not looked through them yet.

I purchased these 10x50 Vortex Razor binoculars mostly for birding and have owned them for 1 month. I've been using some 5 year old Vortex Vipers for the past year of light birding experience.Use Pro's: Feels light in the hand, balanced, not very "fussy", focus smooth and easy to turn, close focus is as advertised, eye relief adequate.Seeing Pro's:-- Noticeably brighter than the Vipers.-- Detail is better at close range and MUCH better at distance. For example, on a fairly good viewing day I could see some detail in the feet of an Egret flying several hundred yards away. In the Vipers they looked more like a black stick and I had to work hard to see that.-- Seeing color, particularly at distance: This is hard to define as the viewing conditions are such a huge factor. I'll say seeing color is somewhere between better than the Vipers and much better. Seeing color better under our gray NW skies is a challenge, I didn't have the Vipers to compare, but with the Razors on a medium poor viewing day I was able to easily see mottling on the back of a Coopers Hawk at around 250 yards.Con: Shallow field of focus.Overall: Best binoculars I've ever owned.What do I mean by fussy? As a not terribly experienced birder, I need help to "get on" birds that are often moving rapidly around tree branches or flying.-- Eye Relief needs to be adequate so I'm not thinking about exactly where to hold the binoculars in the heat of the moment. I wear medium size glasses and the 10x50 Razor has just enough eye relief to pass this test. I occasionally bump up against eye relief issues, less and less the more I use the Razors. If you wear small glasses, this may not be an issue for you. If you wear large glasses, this may be more of an issue for you.---- In comparison, I never had an eye relief issue with my Viper's.---- I wanted the 12x50 Razor for the extra magnification, but after much Internet research, decided I couldn't give up that extra bit of eye relief and in use I find that was a good decision.-- Exit Pupil is more than I need, but it's very helpful to have more than I need for rapid bird acquisition, again, the binoculars don't have to be perfectly aligned to my eyes if the pools of light coming out of the binoculars are bigger than my pupil.-- Focus knob on both the Razor and Viper is smooth and easy to turn.-- Shallow field of focus - it is shallow, but since I didn't want to spend multiple thousands, I knew I would have to give up something. I don't mind fiddling with that one thing.I've owned a bunch of binoculars and the Vipers were by far the best of the bunch before the Razor. Prices for both were all over the place. Third place is some smaller Eagle Optics binoculars I bought over 20 years ago, very good clarity at shorter range, but the eye relief was so finicky I didn't use them much. The prices I paid reflect my my experience, Razors most expensive, then Vipers, then the Eagle Optics and all the rest below that, with some old huge heavy Nikon 10x50's taking the lead in the "cheap" binocular category.