ZULU6 Image Stabilized Binoculars from SIG Sauer
Binoculars – a great tool for a lot of things where the activity includes any kind of shooting. Regardless if you’re hiking, hunting or spotting hits for yourself or a friend, they’re a great tool to get a closer look at the target and what’s going on there. One of the main issues is stability, it’s a constant battle. If you don’t have enough magnification you can’t see, and if you go too high on the magnification you can’t get a steady image.
SIG Sauer has now introduced a series of image-stabilized binoculars named ZULU6. They’re available in either 10 or 16 power magnification with either a 30 or 42 mm objective lens diameter. You can check and choose between the two models here.
Here is how ISG Sauer describes the new binoculars:
Introducing the ZULU6 series of image-stabilized binoculars from SIG SAUER. With its 2-axis gimbal providing razor-sharp optical image stabilization, the ZULU6 compensates for natural human motion providing the clarity of a mounted spotting scope in a handheld, portable package. The ZULU6’s lightweight construction, spectracoat, lenshield, and lensarmor technology means that it is ready for any environment. Available in a 10x and 16x magnification, the ZULU6 is guaranteed to provide extreme clarity with unmatched image stability.
ZULU6 10×30 mmBelow: Side-view of the SIG Sauer ZULU6 16×42 mm.
SIG Sauer says: “Stability equals clarity“. They have a point.
ZULU6 10×30 mm is available for $799.99.
ZULU6 16×42 mm is priced at $899.99.
I’m quite tempted to try these and see the result. I’ve been using their KILO3000BDX 10×42 mm for a while and I’m quite impressed by the optical quality as well as the functionality.
What do you think? Is this something you’ve been waiting for?
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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Is there a recall on these yet?
It will be interesting to see how these fare, Sig already tried this technology in the Oscar 3 10-20x scope recently and basically all the reviews, aside those trying to clearly get more free Sig product, are poor at best. Hard to say if Sig has improved it since, but if not I don't see a positive result for these. Not to even mention Sig's QC is anything but impressive these days. Seems they can't release a new product without issues or a recall.
That said stabilized binoculars are way underrated. I've been using 12x36 canon stabilized binos for 3D archery shoots and the simple fact is it doesn't matter how good your glass is, if you can't hold it still, you can't see detail. I've owned all the big bino names and wouldn't give up my Leica rangefinders for hunting, but guys with swaro/leica/zeiss and 10-12x high end binos are always amazed how much more detail they can see in scoring rings etc. because of the stabilization. If you're using binos on a tripod it doesn't matter, better glass always wins, but average glass you can hold still is always going to beat amazing glass you can't and stabilization can bring that to the game.
One day perhaps we'll see a high end company do it all, stabilization, top glass, and built in rangefinder, but even if they do it will probably be north of $5k