I’m going on the Best of Switzerland tour. Should I take binoculars? They are bulky so I would hate to take and seldom use. Thank you!
Posted by
Chicago
4588 posts
I've never taken binoculars to Switzerland. Those mountains are pretty big. :-)
Also, i have a decent zoom on my iphone.
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
12394 posts
I often wish I had them but I am not willing to schlep that weight.
Posted by
106 posts
I was on the Switzerland tour last year. The only time I would have wanted binoculars was when we were milling around after an activity and some cows were coming down a neighboring mountain. We could hear them, but they were tiny. The rest of the time binoculars would have been a waste of space. I got a decent view through the zoom on my camera.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
Thanks for the replies! I will not take them.
Posted by
South Carolina
22 posts
Perhaps consider a smaller pair? We actually purchased a nice, small pair with excellent optics in Interlaken because my daughter wanted to have some. About CHF 220, which I thought was a good price for ones that weren't toy quality. When we were at the top of the Niederhorn, we could peer down into the valley on the other side from the Lake Thun view and see tiny farm houses and livestock. To each their own, but it added to our trip and I think the pair weighs about 2 lbs.
The store was Martinaglia Optiks on Jungfraustrasse: https://www.martinaglia-optik.ch/fernoptik-interlaken