Sometimes 10x just does not cut it. If you hunt big open country, spend hours glassing distant hillsides, or regularly find yourself wishing you could just get a little closer to what you are looking at, the Vortex Diamondback HD 12x50 Binoculars are worth serious consideration. The extra magnification and larger objective lenses make a genuine difference when distance and low light are working against you. This is the configuration serious glassers turn to when they need every advantage the lenses can offer.

Going from 10x to 12x magnification is not a small jump in the field. The Vortex Diamondback 12x50 pulls subjects in noticeably closer, letting you read detail at distances where a 10x starts to struggle. The 50mm objective lenses gather more light than smaller configurations, so your image stays bright and usable later into the evening than you might expect. The HD optical system and fully multi-coated lenses keep the image sharp and color-true across the whole field of view, even at 12x, where cheaper lenses tend to fall apart toward the edges.

The Vortex Diamondback HD Binoculars sit inside a magnesium alloy chassis wrapped in rubber armor that soaks up the kind of abuse that comes with serious outdoor use. Drops happen. The Diamondback handles them. Argon gas purging prevents internal fogging when temperatures swing, and the waterproof build means rain never sends you reaching for a dry bag. These Vortex binoculars just work — day after day, season after season.

The Vortex Diamondback binoculars ship with the GlassPak Binocular Harness so your lenses ride on your chest instead of your neck. After a full day in the mountains, that difference is very real.