What do you keep in the glove box?

[Milt DuCharme]

My primary birding binocular is a Nikon SE 8X32. However, I keep a Nikon Travelite 7X20 in the glove compartment of my car for chance encounters when not out specifically birding.

[robinm]

Hi Milt,

A warm welcome to BirdForum from all the Moderators and Admin.

I also have a pair of compact bins (Leica 8x20) in the glove box.

[postcardcv]

I don't keep any in the glove box, but when not out birding I have a pair of 8x20 Leicas in my pocket.

[mcapper]

Have a pair of Nikon 10x32 HG as a spare.

Couldn't resist the price on Wharehouse Express after my old spares broke.

Matthew

[Keith Dickinson]

Sadly I leave the glovebox open due to having a 'visitor' :C to my car when birding. Heaved a stone through the window and helped themselves to a couple of books that were in the glove box. Prior to that happening I used to keep a pair of Swift Belmonts in the glove box, thankfully that day they were at home due to my son forgetting to replace them. :bounce:
I now leave nothing in the car that I attach any value to, even if not birding.
Sign of the times I feel

[Tim Allwood]

a selection of sauces, eg tomato, brown, mustard etc to put on chips

plastic knives and forks

notebook

cds

boardmarkers for skool

woolly hat for footy training

Tim

[FrankD]

Too big for the glove box, unless it was empty, I keep a pair of Zeiss Conquest 8x30s under the seat for any spontaneous sightings.

[John N]

My trusty old 1970's zeiss 8x30 jenas.

[Otto McDiesel]

A map.

[laservet]

Leica 8x20's.

[Nick-on]

A pair of Sportstar III 8 x 25 and a gizmo for getting the wheelnuts off!

Nick

[level seven]

gloves

and 8x25 Pentax

[Richard D]

I don't have a glovebox, but I always carry a pair of 8x25 Bushnell Trophies in the backpack I lug to work or the shops.

[Curtis Croulet]

I thought this was called the "cubby" in the UK. No?

[Stewart J.]

Maps, field guide, Swaro 8 x 20's and a window clamp for my scope.

Stewart

[rayl]

I thought this was called the "cubby" in the UK. No?

Cubby, a small room, (cubbyhole)

Ray

[salty]

i usually have a few CDs, sat nav lead, battery charger, lens cloth, leica ultravid 10x42br.

[Swissboy]

My primary birding binocular is a Nikon SE 8X32. However, I keep a Nikon Travelite 7X20 in the glove compartment of my car for chance encounters when not out specifically birding.

I recently acquired a cheapo 8x20 model (about $15 or so) which I put in the glove compartment. I prefer to have my better stuff in a hopefully safer location. However, that safer location may be the pocket of my jacket. And as that one is often left in the car, the additional safety is decidedly limited. But then, the jacket is more often with me than the car, so I prefer to have my Leica compacts in there.

[Curtis Croulet]

Cubby, a small room, (cubbyhole)

Ray

When my family bought English cars in the 1950s (one Sunbeam Talbot, two different Hillman Minxes), the instruction booklets called the glove box or glove "compartment" (the term I grew up with) the "cubby." The other term that amused my father was "bonnet" for what Americans call a "hood." We were probably the only middle-class American family who never owned a chrome-laden monster from Detroit.

[MBS]

Hi,

Ex-USSR 7 x 35 mm roof Prism binoculars, bought about 150 US$.

It is light, compact, allowing sharp viewing, with low chromatic aberration... (but it is not waterproof, nobody's perfect...).

It is never put into the glove compartment, only in a small bag (on the rear or the front seat) to avoid mechanical shocks and vibrations.

Best Regards.

[lucznik]

A Bushnell Legend 10X26 inverse porro prism resides in the compartment between the seats of my little SUV. I also almost always have a Pentax DCF MCII 8X25 in my pocket. (As soon as I can get it one I will replace the Pentax with a 10X25 Zeiss ClassiC.)

[christineredgate]

Dog biscuits
Black tape(so I can tape the side mirror together after I have passed too close to a parked car!!!)
Jazz cd's
AA card,
Car manual
Bag of sweets
dog play ball
Sunglasses
Screwdrivers
Tissues
Wet wipes
£1 coins for supermarket trolleys.
I can just manage to bang it closed!!!
Well you did ask!!!
Small Leica bins are kept in pocket of dog walking coat.

[delia todd]

Black tape(so I can tape the side mirror together after I have passed too close to a parked car!!!)


You weren't down at Pagham a couple of weeks ago were you Christine? ;) ;)

D

[Jos Stratford]

i usually have a few CDs, sat nav lead, battery charger, lens cloth, leica ultravid 10x42br.

Where do you park your car Salty?

[Bluetail]

When my family bought English cars in the 1950s (one Sunbeam Talbot, two different Hillman Minxes), the instruction booklets called the glove box or glove "compartment" (the term I grew up with) the "cubby." The other term that amused my father was "bonnet" for what Americans call a "hood." We were probably the only middle-class American family who never owned a chrome-laden monster from Detroit.My father always referred to it as "the cubby hole" and naturally I was brought up to as well. But I don't think I've heard the term since I was a kid. I assume it's obsolete.

In mine:

Shorebirds (Helm)
Macmillan Field Guide to British Birds
Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland
Couple of copies of BB (Jonsson on stints; Clements on wheatears)
Comb
Couple of dead batteries
Screwdriver
Usually a bag of wine gums or fruit gums

[Jaeger01]

My primary birding binocular is a Nikon SE 8X32. However, I keep a Nikon Travelite 7X20 in the glove compartment of my car for chance encounters when not out specifically birding.

a pair of Canon 8x25 but almost always have my primary bins with me

Peterson's Hawk book

a couple of dozen napkins in case I get hungry and stop at a grocery store

bunchs of maps, about 25 states worth, way too many and always get a new one when entering a state that I haven't visited in a year and don't throw the old one away

Car's owner's manual

receipts for oil changes, new tires, batteries, etc., repairs, etc.

spare flashlight and a couple of books of matchs in case I want a cigar and don't have a lighter with me

driving gloves and spare pair of work gloves

Boy, let me tell you I'm lucky it's no bigger than it is as anything else would cost so much extra gas mileage that I wouldn't be able to make even short birding trips.

Jaeger near Chicago

[xenophobe]

I used to keep a pair of 10x25 Trinovids in my truck, but since I usually take my 10x42 BL Ultravids with me everywhere, I sold the 10x25s.

[Gregory Sargean]

Auto Registration
Proof of insurance
Owner's Manual
Reciepts for car-related repairs
Tire pressure gauge
Spare fuses
Napkins

I keep Swarovski habicht 8x30's under my front seat, Nikon SE 10x42's under the passenger seat and my Nikon 80mm Sky and Earth spotting scope in the trunk. My theory with optics is "don't leave home without them". I can't see any reason for carrying a pair of compacts in the glove compartment when I can just as easily store my everyday binoculars under the seat.

[Sailcat]

This discussion raises the question, how fragile are these various binoculars with respect to typical temperature fluctuations in a car in my area, which can range from roughly 30°F to 140°? Should I subject expensive optics to this kind of abuse or carry them only as needed?

[Jaeger01]

Auto Registration
Proof of insurance
Owner's Manual
Reciepts for car-related repairs
Tire pressure gauge
Spare fuses
Napkins

I keep Swarovski habicht 8x30's under my front seat, Nikon SE 10x42's under the passenger seat and my Nikon 80mm Sky and Earth spotting scope in the trunk. My theory with optics is "don't leave home without them". I can't see any reason for carrying a pair of compacts in the glove compartment when I can just as easily store my everyday binoculars under the seat.

from the quote on your avitar, I guess you are a registered member of the NPA!

Jaeger near Chicago

[Otto McDiesel]

roughly 30°F to 140°? Should I subject expensive optics to this kind of abuse

I wouldn't! I had a pair of 8x30 porro under my seat for a year (in Texico) and the cement holding the prisms broke off and the binos went out of collimation without ever being dropped.

[christineredgate]

You weren't down at Pagham a couple of weeks ago were you Christine? ;) ;)

D
no,Delia,not guiltyo:D

[FrankD]

I have considered the problems that might arise from temperature fluctuations over the course of the calendar year. I tend to use my "car bins" as much as any of my others so I often just take them out of the vehicle whenever I reach my destination...work, home, etc... I would not want to leave an expensive (or fairly so) pair of bins in the car at all times and yet I also don't want to have to settle for inferior (to a point) optical quality just because the primary purpose for my activities may not be birding related.

[gremlin]

Pentax 8x22 phase coated roofs.

[Katy Penland]

This discussion raises the question, how fragile are these various binoculars with respect to typical temperature fluctuations in a car in my area, which can range from roughly 30°F to 140°? Should I subject expensive optics to this kind of abuse or carry them only as needed?I sure wouldn't, which is why I don't keep any optics in the car and especially not nitrogen-filled (waterproof) bins. Other than that, my glove compartment list looks pretty much like Jaeger's and Sargean's.

[Milt DuCharme]

The Nikon Travelite 7X20 I keep in my glove box has been through more then ten years of midwest summers and winters and is still in good shape. They are not the best but very good for the money, and will do in a pinch.

[Bill A]

My primary birding binocular is a Nikon SE 8X32. However, I keep a Nikon Travelite 7X20 in the glove compartment of my car for chance encounters when not out specifically birding.


Zeiss 8x20 Victory compact is the one I keep in my car.

Bill

[ranburr]

Colt .45.

ranburr

[justin2992]

8x20 BR Ultravids They are great for checking out gas prices!

[Pileated_MO]

Not binoculars. Gets too hot in the car.

There are lots and lots of napkins (I spill a lot of coffee), paper, pens, my insurance card, car manual, etc. I think there may be a shaker of salt.

[seawatcher]

Colt .45.

ranburr

????You are joking aren't you???? Colt .45 is a gun - this post is about binoculars. What do you need a handgun for???

[woody57]

Its not hard to understand,look at that at those poor women police officers last week,and yes the site is the very best for for bird lovers. woody

[Otto McDiesel]

Its not hard to understand,look at that at those poor women police officers last week,and yes the site is the very best for for bird lovers. woody

Being a bird lover, having a legally owned pistol in the car, hunting deer, and living in Texas are quite normal things. It's not law abiding citizens that shoot police officers, and it is very unlikely that citizens from Texas shoot police officers on some remote anti-hunting and anti-gun lil' island on the other side of the Atlantic.

[justin2992]

????You are joking aren't you???? Colt .45 is a gun - this post is about binoculars. What do you need a handgun for???

By the 2nd Amendment, all ordinary citizens are legally guaranteed the right to maintain technological parity with modern military small arms, regardless of their rate of fire, lethality, power or physical appearances. Otherwise, the Second Amendment loses its effectiveness as a pragmatic check on civil authority turning tyrannical.

[Jos Stratford]

It's not law abiding citizens that shoot police officers, and it is very unlikely that citizens from Texas shoot police officers on some remote anti-hunting and anti-gun lil' island on the other side of the Atlantic.

Wonder why that anti-gun lil' island has a homicide rate of only 1.4/100,000 compared with 5.5 or above for its good ol' neighbour across the water? :)

No room in my glove box for binoculars or anything like above - squeeze a window mount for my scope in there, but beyond that, loads of junk that I haven't investigated for quite a while!

[Tero]

I have cheap Bushnell zooms, which I use at 7x25 only
in the trunk I have Barska 10x50, limited near range but otherwise sharp
good binoculars at home

[orbitaljump]

Nikon Sportstar III 8x25 Roof Prisn Binos!

[ChrissyB]

Have a pair of Nikon 10x32 HG as a spare.

Couldn't resist the price on Wharehouse Express after my old spares broke.

Matthew

I bought a similar pair from Warehouse Direct - fantastic price and equal to all that I tried at a Optics event. I have used them often.

I keep some bird seed in the glovebox...great for attracting chaffinches, blue and great tits close to the car when we are stopped in car parks etc.

[ceasar]

Bushnell 7 x 26 Customs in my car. Nikon 9 x 25 travelites in my wife's car.
Bob

[ranburr]

????You are joking aren't you???? Colt .45 is a gun - this post is about binoculars. What do you need a handgun for???

No joke. I don't need "a single handgun". But, I have lots of needs for the 60 or so handguns in my collection. Incidentally, I am lawfully licensed to carry a handgun. I also have lots of optics. :t:

ranburr

[orbitaljump]

I have lots of needs for the 60 or so handguns in my collection. Incidentally, I am lawfully licensed to carry a handgun. I also have lots of optics. :t:

ranburr

Here! Here! I like the way you think!

[Mickymouse]

I have cheap Bushnell zooms, which I use at 7x25 onlySnap, I have no idea what else is currently lurking there.

Mick