Binoculars! Opinions are they useless or worth carrying?

[Musica]

Hey all was wondering what people think about for carrying binoculars for outdoor games and perhaps some tips or recommendations from the experienced players on the subject.

[Philby21]

I'm curious about this too, I've been thinking about picking up a pocket set myself for quite a while, maybe just 8x42 as anything with more magnification is likely to be pointless at most sites - plus they're not expensive!

 

But I've got crap distance vision so need all the help I can get! ?

[hitmanNo2]

I think this sums up binoculars for airsoft perfectly.

 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Pretty useless, maybe for a milsim where you're roleplaying as scouts but not for regular skirmishing.

[Skara]

Had to carry a pair on a tournament, we had to recon objectives before assaulting them, so they proved to be useful. Nothing a good short dot or standard magnified optic couldn't do eh..

 

They may make sense on a milsim if you are defending or scouting a base.

But for your average skirmish? Nope, they are useless.

[PopRocket123]

If it's for standard skirmish it won't do anything a 1-4X short dot can't. For larger milsim games maybe but I'd rather take a small monocular or something

[Musica]

Hmm I don't have a magnified optic. Only played 2 outdoor games so not much experience but I'd imagine holding the gun up to survey a lot of effort as compared to binoculars. Often I struggle to tell team affiliation but could shoot at them if I wanted.

[Rogerborg]

I guess +1 to the above, I found them useful on the old Nomad site during their milsim events where multiple squads were moving around all over the sites.  On a regular skirmish day, anybody over that-a-way is a valid target.

[clumpyedge]

I've only ever used them on a recce team while in a milsim role. Once more bit of kit to carry (regardless of weight) that you inevitably wont need for a standard skirmish.

[Adolf Hamster]

8 hours ago, Musica said:

I'd imagine holding the gun up to survey a lot of effort as compared to binoculars. 

 

not really, it'd be no different to aiming anyway, with the added bonus that if you do identify them as a valid target then you're ready to fire.

 

of course this is assuming your rifle isn't covered in "tactical accessories" (read useless gunk hung off the front that never gets used)