To Scope cap or not to Scope cap?
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Lens covers for scopes can protect the primary lens from scratches and other types of physical damage. They also work well to keep snow, rain drops, etc. off your lens. If you buy the flip-up models and they have snow/rain on them, just flip them up to get a clear view of your target. Even if they are not the flip-up type, I'd much rather wipe moisture off the cover than from the actual scope lens--less damage that way.
I think the cap I use on my front lens is a Butler Creek flip-up style. I only use it when it is snowing, blowing snow, or if there is light rain. I usually don't go out when it is raining, but carry it in my butt pack if it looks like it is going to rain so I can throw it on if it does start to rain.
I'm not sure of the benefits of polarizing lenses, but I'm sure they would help cut down the sun's glare.
I think the cap I use on my front lens is a Butler Creek flip-up style. I only use it when it is snowing, blowing snow, or if there is light rain. I usually don't go out when it is raining, but carry it in my butt pack if it looks like it is going to rain so I can throw it on if it does start to rain.
I'm not sure of the benefits of polarizing lenses, but I'm sure they would help cut down the sun's glare.
I use the Butler Creek flip-ups on all my scopes. Almost all of the "see through" kinds, polarizing or not, are going to cut WAY down on the clarity of your optics. Unless you can find photography quality filters to put in front of your scope you're not doing yourself any good.
I don't put them on so much for protection from rain, but for protection from the every day dust, dirt, crap, scratchy stuff that will contact your optics every day they're used. It will only take one time for you to scratch a lens on the way into a stand for you to say "I wish I would have put an $8 cover on it..." From a few years of carting around very expensive camera gear, I guess I'm paranoid.
To me the flip-ups are a necessity, and if you get the correct fit, they won't fall off, and they're in no way intrusive. Only thing is if you have one of the ridiculously big objectives 50mm or bigger, they can be a little hard to flip open with just the push of your fingertip.
I don't put them on so much for protection from rain, but for protection from the every day dust, dirt, crap, scratchy stuff that will contact your optics every day they're used. It will only take one time for you to scratch a lens on the way into a stand for you to say "I wish I would have put an $8 cover on it..." From a few years of carting around very expensive camera gear, I guess I'm paranoid.
To me the flip-ups are a necessity, and if you get the correct fit, they won't fall off, and they're in no way intrusive. Only thing is if you have one of the ridiculously big objectives 50mm or bigger, they can be a little hard to flip open with just the push of your fingertip.
I like the Butler Creek see through flip-up covers. I use them only all my 3 x 9 Leupolds. In a pinch you can shoot with them closed and they keep dust off the lences during long periods of storage plus the time in the field. Our Wally World had them on sale for $2 each awhile back so I got several. They didn`t have the correct size for the frount bell so I got the next size up and put electril tape on the inside of the caps to make them fit, I`m cheap, and they work great.