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- You know, I'm here in west Texas
with Matt Rice from Bushnell Optics.
We've been hunting the white tail deer,
at least trying to hunt white tail deer.
(Matt laughing)
They've been kind of few and far between this week,
but you know, the weather is pretty warm, but you know what?
I found myself using a new pair of Bushnell binoculars
that I really liked.
This new Forge line with their 15x56.
And I gotta tell you
I'm impressed as- - Good, good.
- We were using them yesterday up on the tripod
with the mountain and everything.
And I like it so much more than using a spotting scope.
- Sure, yeah, I mean, these are super nice.
This is the Forge is kind of our apex line,
when it comes to our binoculars.
So we offer four configurations.
We've got your standard 8x42. 10x42.
We also have a nice 10x30
for the turkey hunters. - Oh, nice.
- Slip in a pocket and then we have the bad boys.
The 15x56. - Yeah. (laughs)
- So, as you said,
for those people that are gonna spend
a lot of time on glass, being able to use both eyes
makes all the difference in the world.
Especially in an environment
like we find ourselves in this week.
- Well, we used them in low light,
the 56 mm objective lens,
it's just gathers light fantastically.
- Good, yeah, I'm glad to hear that.
I mean, we've done everything we can
to try to enhance that vision.
ED Prime glass
in the binoculars. - Okay.
- So top of the line glass,
it's got an Abbe Koenig
BaK 4 system. - [Kevin] Yeah.
- Prism system in here.
We also add our Dielectric coding, our multi coding,
and then our Phase 3 coding.
So when you start combining those in there,
you're gonna get the best combination
of light transmission,
contrast and resolution,
and then still pull in all that color.
So you're getting that true tones
everywhere you are. - [Kevin] You bet, you bet.
Well, you know, it might be a cliche, but we're seeing it.
(both laughing)
Yeah, we're seeing it when you look through there,
you're getting a good, clear picture,
but with great resolution, lots of light.
And they worked terrific.
You know, despite their size,
some folks might say, gosh, those are awful big binoculars.
Like I said, you've got an advantage.
You've got a pair of binoculars
that you can also double as a spotting scope.
So, - Definitely.
- You know, you're carrying one optic instead of two.
Are those aluminum barrels on there?
- No, they're not aluminum barrels on here,
but we have kind of done a few things
to kind of, as you mentioned,
making them a little bit more - Yeah.
- Easy to hold onto.
So one thing,
the nice finger grooves. - Right.
- In there, so you've got a place to put your thumbs.
And then of course we do sell it with our own tripod mount.
So first when you're matching on the tripod
connects right here on front.
So it was an easy on, easy off.
So if you wanna take it off the tripod
and do some more personal movement in the field,
you definitely can.
- And I think that's a great idea
because tripod mounts like this for binoculars
are not easy to find at your local dealer.
- Yeah and we spend a lot of time with our R&D team
and engineering team to really make that a very robust,
because oftentimes when you got a heavier binocular on there
and you're not even trained,
there is always the potential for those to take a spill.
So we spend a lot of time making sure
that that piece doesn't break.
Obviously we've done our homework here.
So we know this is going to withstand,
you know, that impact,
but that can be common component that can fail on you
- Yes, absolutely! - And cause damages
and then you're without it.
So that's something we're extremely proud of.
And we offered as an aftermarket accessory as well.
It comes packaged with the 15x56,
but you can also pick that up
if you wanted to put it on one of our other binoculars,
which most of them are tripod adaptable.
- [Kevin] Very nice. Well, like I said,
we used it in the field yesterday.
The mount was stable,
the tripod was stable
and the whole system was really, really nice to use.
- That's great.
I mean, 92% light transmission.
So we're giving you everything that you need in there,
but you know, just like you said,
the ability to use both eyes
to see what's around that corner,
that division, I don't know about you,
but I found myself a lot of time
when we're looking at miles away.
When you pull these things down,
that look a lot closer (laughs) in the binoculars
that you're gonna though we're still quite a ways away.
But you know, very easy viewing.
It is only about 51 ounces.
- Yeah. - So it's not unwieldily.
- No, no!
- It's balanced as well as ergonomic.
So definitely if you have somewhere to get a support,
either off your knees, off a bag,
anywhere that you can get to, you know,
that it helps kinda keep everything in focus,
but definitely something
that you can operate with both hands.
- Yeah, you know, when you're looking for little deer
in big country,
it's an optics game,
whether you're hunting, you know,
whitetails in west Texas,
Carmen mountain whitetails here,
Coues deer in Arizona or New Mexico.
I gotta tell you, you need quality optics
and these new Bushnell Forge optics are it.
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