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I'm probably the only one that does this, but when I am doing serious birding I carry a 7x and a 10x around my neck. I use the 7x if the bird is close in dense cover and the 10x if it's farther away. 7x wider FOV and easier to get glass on the bird. But too week to ID small birds at a longer distance, whereas the 10x almost always gets that job done. If I only was going to own one binocular an 8x would be it, as long as it had wide FOV around 420ft @1000ft.

Sometimes I only carry the 10x or 7x alone if I am only birding in habitat where I wouldn't need the other.

I much rather have a 10x for observing birds of prey instead of 7x as was mentioned before. But that is just a personal opinion.

I currently use Tract Toric 10x42 and Sightmark Solitude 7x36. I also have Sightron Blue Ski II 8x32, it stays in the car for random needs.

<blockquote data-quote="w.travis" data-source="post: 3841004" data-attributes="member: 70052">I'm probably the only one that does this, but when I am doing serious birding I carry a 7x and a 10x around my neck.&nbsp; I use the 7x if the bird is close in dense cover and the 10x if it's farther away.&nbsp; 7x wider FOV and easier to get glass on the bird.&nbsp; But too week to ID small birds at a longer distance, whereas the 10x almost always gets that job done.&nbsp; If I only was going to own one binocular an 8x would be it, as long as it had wide FOV around 420ft @1000ft.&nbsp; Sometimes I only carry the 10x or 7x alone if I am only birding in habitat where I wouldn't need the other. I much rather have a 10x for observing birds of prey instead of 7x as was&nbsp; mentioned before.&nbsp; But that is just a personal opinion.&nbsp; I currently use Tract Toric 10x42 and Sightmark Solitude 7x36.&nbsp; I also have Sightron Blue Ski II 8x32, it stays in the car for random needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="w.travis, post: 3841004, member: 70052"] I'm probably the only one that does this, but when I am doing serious birding I carry a 7x and a 10x around my neck. I use the 7x if the bird is close in dense cover and the 10x if it's farther away. 7x wider FOV and easier to get glass on the bird. But too week to ID small birds at a longer distance, whereas the 10x almost always gets that job done. If I only was going to own one binocular an 8x would be it, as long as it had wide FOV around 420ft @1000ft. Sometimes I only carry the 10x or 7x alone if I am only birding in habitat where I wouldn't need the other. I much rather have a 10x for observing birds of prey instead of 7x as was mentioned before. But that is just a personal opinion. I currently use Tract Toric 10x42 and Sightmark Solitude 7x36. I also have Sightron Blue Ski II 8x32, it stays in the car for random needs. [/QUOTE]

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