Swarovski EL Tripod Mount???
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From: smarba
28-Aug-20
What am I missing? Searching online it doesn't appear the Swaro EL has any form of tripod mount that isn't a clunky wrap around strap thingee. Outdoorsmans appears to replace the hinge pivot with a nifty adapter, but is it true that Swaro EL isn't configured with a standard threaded hole for this purpose? Is there any other option?
Everything I read suggests the color & edge clarity of the EL may be worth the $ vs SLC but the SLCs have ability easily mount on a tripod...
From: Shrewski
28-Aug-20
One very slick mount for the EL is made by Kramer Designs. Whatever option you choose, if you are not using a tray to set the ELs in, you are going to have a pressed in pin replacing the factory hinge pin. There is no threaded hole on the ELs like the SLC.
From: Mule Power
28-Aug-20
I use the Swaro tripod adapter. It’s threaded but I don’t use the threads. By sheer luck I discovered that it snaps right into the spotting scope mount on my Bog Pod tripod. So now I easily go back and forth from binos to spotter. As a bonus the spotter mount has a handle which makes panning easier.
From: smarba
28-Aug-20
Mule you have me totally confused. How do you connect the adapter to the binos?
From: trad_bowhunter1965
28-Aug-20
this's what I use for my Swarovski EL https://www.boghunt.com/pods/
From: Matt
28-Aug-20
Yes, and I do not care for how far forward the Outdoorsman stud is on the binocular. It causes you to have to adjust the tripod high much more dramatically as you are changing elevation as you glass than one that is mounted more toward the middle of the binocular like on the SLC.
From: smarba
28-Aug-20
Matt: I thought the exact same thing. A middle mount would be more desirable. Obviously the EL is just open air in the middle, so either the mount would need to have an extension or it would need to connect to one of the barrels (I've seen a Zeiss system that clamps around a barrel).
I've only just started considering upgrading to Swaro and it boggles my mind the EL isn't configured for a tripod mount...
From: Mule Power
28-Aug-20
I’ll be darned I looked and it looks like they don’t sell this anymore. Maybe you can find an old one for sale somewhere.
From: smarba
28-Aug-20
Ah thx Mule, that contraption turned up in a few searches. Seems like there are a few units around here and there. Still, seems like an awfully clunky unit compared to a simple threaded stud that virtually every other bino comes with these days...
From: Mule Power
28-Aug-20
Yes it does!!! I always shook my head and thought.... Really Swarovski!
From: Rancher
28-Aug-20
The outdoorsman stud works great.
From: Trial153
28-Aug-20
I have an outdoorsmen stud pressed into my 12x els, works ex excellent
From: JohnMC
28-Aug-20
I googled the "outdoorsman stud" and it brought up a picture of me... ;0
From: smarba
28-Aug-20
JohnMC...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: jdee
28-Aug-20
The Outdoorsman EL stud and adapter .
From: Mule Power
28-Aug-20
JohnMC... haha lmao!
From: Treeline
28-Aug-20
Treeline's Link
This tray type from Leupold looks like it would work pretty well.
Outdoorsman has another strap type that’s small and lightweight called a bino hand that is also pretty interesting but costs a lot more.
From: smarba
28-Aug-20
Thx Treeline. It seems either a clunky tray style or an expensive stud adapter system. That's what my searching turned up also. I guess I was just hoping the perfectionists on Bowsite had found a better way to skin a cat.
From: Treeline
28-Aug-20
Yea. Been looking for a way to run my 10’s and 15’s and switch out.
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
28-Aug-20
I have the Swaro one also...Good, not great!
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
13-Sep-22
Mule, what power Bino’s are you using that with…? Have them for my EL 10’s was wondering if they’d fit the 12’s…
From: smarba
13-Sep-22
smarba's Link
I ended up making my own low profile, lightweight clamp. But I've since seen this product that looks pretty slick.
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
13-Sep-22
Interesting…Thanks Carl!
From: Treeline
13-Sep-22
Hey, Carl,
I ended up doing the Outdoorsman retrofit on my 10’s and got their stud for my 15’s so I can run either of my binos off the same adaptor. Seems to work really well. I definitely like the Outdoorsman system better than the Swarovski tripod adapter! Never really liked it..
Seems like Swarovski would revamp the EL’s to include at least an attachment for a stud on the binos to use off a tripod…
From: pirogue
13-Sep-22
I never understood why the Outdoorsman post(stud attachment) wasn’t slanted to situate the center of binos over the center of tripod. This would reduce the eyepiece circumference encountered in panning side to side, which reduces head and upper body movement. Plus you have to spread the binos to get it over the post, which then you have to remeld the barrels to focus into one image.
From: Mule Power
14-Sep-22
I’m using 10x42
From: fdp
18-Sep-22
