#10MinuteTalk | Choosing a Binocular Configuration

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Choosing a binocular configuration shouldn’t be a daunting task. Vortex’s binocular expert, Mike McDowell, joins Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn to talk through the pros and cons of various models. Compacts, to “Big Eyes”, they cover them all. What binocular is right for you? Tune in to find out.

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0:00.0	What is up, everybody? Mark on the mic, my good friend Ryan Muckin-Hern, across for me. And also across for me today, my other good friend, Mr. Mike McDowell.
0:12.4	The owl, as we call him.
0:14.2	Well, this is not something I'm familiar with. We do call him the owl.
0:17.5	Why is this?
0:18.4	I cough up pellets.
0:21.5	Various bones and fur.
0:24.0	Well, he's wise and old.
0:29.2	Mikey.
0:29.9	You dog.
0:30.8	Boy, Zinger.
0:32.1	I love Mike.
0:33.5	Mike is a dear friend and confidant, and he keeps me on my toes.
0:39.4	Yeah, I love Mike too.
0:40.5	I love Lamp.
0:41.3	I love lots of things.
0:42.6	Mike, it seems like any time we have, oftentimes when we have a binocular-related podcast, we say we need to get Mike up here.
0:51.6	And that's what we're doing today.
0:52.8	We're talking about binocular configurations,
0:55.8	kind of what you get,
0:58.4	maybe what you give up,
0:59.6	and application.
1:01.3	Like when you should select one
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