hey guys dan pickar here with eastman's bow hunting journals and today we're going to look at the sig
kilo 6k now sig kind of redefined the hunting range finding bino market several years ago
with the kilo 3000 this range finder can do anything out there that you can think of for
a rangefinder to do that's a binocular as a bow hunter this allows me to carry one optic
in the field instead of having a rangefinder a handheld rangefinder and a binocular so i went
to the kilo 3000 several years ago now the one thing that sig also did several years ago
is make a very affordable product for the average consumer but still produce a very premium product
and what i love especially as a bow hunter a laser arranged feedback that's instantaneous
as soon as you hit that button the range shows up and that really changed the game in the mid price
the mid-ranged laser rangefinding market i feel like because rangefinders of the past were a one
a two maybe even a three second delay to get that range feedback back in to the rangefinder and
two seconds as you know can mean the difference between a successful clean harvest and missing
a shot opportunity so for 2022 we have new range finding binos from sig the 10k that's right 10,000
yards and the 6k now these are both incredibly powerful optics for what they can do the 10k
basically has you know a kestrel in it as far as its data gathering capabilities when it comes to
weather bdx 2.0 this thing is is pretty incredible the startup interface in this is definitely space
age for lack of better terms and out to 10 000 yards on a reflective target just out hunting
and messing around with the 10k i was getting readouts to 6800 yards on non-reflective so
pretty crazy really the 10k is very similar to the the sig kilo 3000 as far as the ergonomics
and the build i mean i don't see hardly one difference on the outside of the optic
nice stiff eye cups that aren't going to wear out on you stiff diopters that stay in place which
i really appreciate those and so just the the three foot appearance from the 3000 and the 10k
are pretty similar but the 10k holy smokes talk about a lot of technology packed into this thing
today i want to focus on the kilo 6k this thing really has me excited as a bow hunter my equipment
list hasn't changed too much in the last 10 years and i would say the two pieces of equipment that
really elevated my game is the hybrid broadhead that really changed the way that i saw a broadhead
when it comes to lethality the second is this bino with the kilo 3000 having angle compensation
to the 6k being you know everything that i've used in the past but smaller just as good of of optic
quality and lightning fast instantaneous readout super tough build you can tell these eye cups
they're a solid one piece they click up nice they stay in place these diopters are nice and stiff
has that nice rubber coating and the ergonomics on this thing are just incredible the guys that
i've talked to that are bow hunters that prefer a handheld and a bino instead of just going to
a range finding bino basically their their main complaint was the ergonomics and the
ability to run a rangefinding bino with one hand i mean you can see this with one
hand it's a little bit bulky ergonomics maybe just not quite there depends on your hand size
but with this bino when i'm gripping it i have complete control and the ergonomics are perfect
where my index finger is right on the range button so i feel just 100 percent stable with this bino
it doesn't weigh hardly anything one pound nine ounces uh the the 3k and the 10k are two pounds so
you know almost a half a pound being shaved off your bino setup which makes a big difference so
that's pretty awesome this this thing really changes the game of course angle compensation
built in what else i love about the kilo series are the the cases that come with each one the
bino harness they haven't changed too much the materials are a little bit more rigid in these new
ones maybe it's because this is so used and i'm the type that i really beat up my my optics and my
binoculars i'm crawling in the dirt belly crawling hands and knees rolling in the rocks just by my
nature that's what i do so these things really get used and abused but i love the bino harness
the simplicity the lightweightness of it the quiet fabric on the inside so you don't have that
you know that scratchy nylon feel on the inside when you're actually putting your binos in and
deploying them it's very quiet and i love the bino harness that has the enclosure that comes
to your body so when this thing is attached it becomes closed and especially for us belly
crawlers and hands and knees stalking in with a bow that prevents your optic from falling out
of your harness when you're crawling down or maybe inverted crawling down a hill been there
so this thing it's just built with a lot of thought on containing an optic when you're
in the field for any hunting situation very comfortable and it is awesome so for price wise i
think we're in the 900 bucks for the 6k somewhere in there depending on where you're going to get it
hard to beat hard to beat as far as what's out there and how this is going to change
uh the way i hunt and just really refining my my optic setup is awesome these are 10 by 32s
as you can see the kilo 3000 and the 10k are the classic 10 by 42s that's your standard size bino
so 10 power a 30 millimeter objective there you have a smaller field of view if that makes
sense because your objective's smaller so you're going to have that feeling of looking
that i like to call it looking down like a toilet paper roll where you feel like you're looking you
know tunnel vision if you say but out hunting i've been bear hunting with this this spring
and i don't really feel that it's that much of a hindrance on my ability to glass game or cover
country or cover a you know hillside with the optic so once again it's it's trade-offs yeah
we have a lighter smaller optic but your field of view at distance is going to be a little bit
more constricted but i feel like that's worth the trade-off when it comes to the style of hunting
that i do 6k on reflective i got ranges uh 3,800 the other day i haven't hit anything over
4 000 that's just ranging some trees you know as far as i could see in the distance and so
once you get out past those really long ranges if you don't have the right hit or you're not getting
a nice flat surface on a rock then you're not going to get you know a range back every time so
with further testing obviously i don't have a 4,000 yard hash mark or a 4,000 yard pin on my bow
so i'm not worried about it i'm worried about the angle compensation and the instantaneous readout
which is pretty sweet all three of these optics have the ability to screw into a tripod adapter
for that precision ranging at distance so they all have the cap on here when i think about glass
clarity with all three of these optics they're all a little bit different and it kind of comes down
to personal preference perhaps the kilo 3000 it has more of that warm feel so when you're you're
looking out with your naked eye and you see the saturations and the shadows on a hillside
and then you put up the kilo 3000 the saturation is bumped up a little bit it has more of a warm
feeling to it which is not really that noticeable but you know has that nice hd feel to it and
i really enjoyed it now the 10k uh it's a little bit different it's a little bit more of a cooler
uh feel to it a cooler look so when you look at those shadows and that hillside everything looks
a little more flat and there's pros and cons to that maybe hinders the ability to gather light in
those low-light scenarios but the detail that you can see and having everything look more flat in
those hard shadows really helps you uh be able to pick out the details of maybe looking for the leg
of an elk or the flick of an ear on a mule deer when everything's a little bit more flat so that's
what i see with the benefit with the 10k the 6k as i like to say it has more of that a real eye
look so as i look out at a hillside and i throw up the 6ks i don't see a shade or a tint difference
which i like too i like that the warm feel i like saturation uh when i'm looking through binos it's
gonna be personal preference for everyone low light is good with this optic that's what really
makes a difference to me too the low light gathering capabilities of the 6k so once again
especially if you're a bow hunter i'll use this during rifle hunts too when i'm hunting with friends
or doing a little bit of guiding or whatever it is 100 percent this optic is going to be good
enough i always have a spotting scope with me too for for trophy judging so the trade-offs to have
you know something that's lighter compared to the 10k or the kilo 3000 that's lighter more compact
but smaller objective totally worth it so talk about a game changer check these out for 2022