Best Compact Ranging Binoculars: Top 3 In 5 Minutes

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Interested in a sleek, lightweight rangefinding binocular? Spotlighted here are the only three available. Thankfully, they're all great. Each provides excellent optical quality, a powerful, reliable laser ranging engine, and cutting-edge technology.

This is the fourth of a new podcast element: fast-paced, fact-filled five-minute episodes showcasing three top backcountry hunting tools, tricks or techniques.

We're filming these brief episodes and posting them on Patreon, so if you'd like to put eyes on the products and methods showcased, please sign up at www.patreon.com/backcountry for a membership!

Also soon to come: Boots, packs, knives, elk calls, multitools, tents, bear guns, movies, and more! These "Top 3 In 5" minute episodes will drop as frequently as we have time during this busy hunting season, and by Christmas will be a weekly Tuesday-morning addition to the podcast's regular schedule.

ENJOY!

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0:00.0	Range Finding binoculars are a huge asset in the field. They eliminate the need to carry and shift between two different optical devices at the moment of truth.
0:11.0	Now welcome to the backcountry hunting podcast's top three in five.
0:16.0	Our rapid-fire five minute episode today is on what I consider to be the best three compact range finding binoculars on the market.
0:26.0	All offer exceptional optical quality and powerful range finders.
0:31.0	All weigh considerably less than any ranging binocular did even just two years ago.
0:36.0	All are much smaller in size than, well, any others of the type, right?
0:42.0	Cost varies considerably from 1260 up to 3,000 and then 3,888 for the
0:49.4	pinnacle of the type. Let's dive right in going from least expensive to most expensive. So first
0:55.8	we have the GPO Range Guide 10 by 32. These are engineered in Germany and
1:01.6	thus the name German precision optics.
1:04.8	They're built in Asia, price $1,260.
1:08.5	They have HD glass and are very, very good optically. Weight is just 24 ounces. That's 1.5 pounds. Very light, very compact, very comfortable. Length, 5.4 inches.
1:23.0	Ranging capability is 6 to 3,000 yards.
1:28.0	It's actually rated as the broadest spread of the three here that we're looking at today.
1:34.8	Angle technology, yes.
1:36.7	When you range it will give you a true horizontal equivalent distance if you program
1:41.9	it to do so.
1:43.0	Ballistics, no, but it does have a barometric pressure sensor and will output that number that you can then use to plug into your ballistics app and get a true to your location
1:56.0	ballistic compensation. Navigation? No. Does have outstanding optical and ranging performance absolutely the best value in a compact
2:07.2	ranging binocular unit available today for the dollars right next we have the Like a Geovid pro. Now these are built in
2:17.0	both an 8 power and a 10 by 32 which is what I'm holding here, engineered and built in Germany by the company that really
2:26.5	put rangefinding binoculars on the map.
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