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Wha Whassssat
Went to a demonstration today at the goose festival at wexford wildfowl reserve, and met Chris who was very helpful and even managed to fix a slightly loose eyecup that I had on a pair of bins.
It was optic heaven with the amount of bins on show. I know it was only one brand but you dont get many demos in Ireland.
I tried out I think all of the bins there in between birding during the day and was really impressed with the build quality and optics of the bins. I wont go through all of the bins just give the watered down highlights.
Highlights for me were the Aurora's and the DBA s coat. Both have excellent views but it was the cheaper DBA that I felt was the better binocular for me as I preferred the feel and ergonomics.
I tried out the new Verano bga hd, and this was another excellent binocular with the double hinged tubes very easy to grip. Of the three different formats I preferred the 8x32 as this had a nice wide fov.
I also tried the new explorer, what I found brilliant about this binocular was the rubber armouring. The best way I can describe the feel of the armouring was a grippy feel. The binoculars had a lovely shape and the optics were very good with a nice wide fov. I can see this binocular being a good seller for Opticron.
The compact savanna was another Binocular that impressed. It had a nice small feel with decent optics. These are a great binocular for children.
I tried a lot more bins all with their own merits but the list is too long and I'm tired.|=o| but a great days birding with a lot of optics for good measure.
Ger.
It was optic heaven with the amount of bins on show. I know it was only one brand but you dont get many demos in Ireland.
I tried out I think all of the bins there in between birding during the day and was really impressed with the build quality and optics of the bins. I wont go through all of the bins just give the watered down highlights.
Highlights for me were the Aurora's and the DBA s coat. Both have excellent views but it was the cheaper DBA that I felt was the better binocular for me as I preferred the feel and ergonomics.
I tried out the new Verano bga hd, and this was another excellent binocular with the double hinged tubes very easy to grip. Of the three different formats I preferred the 8x32 as this had a nice wide fov.
I also tried the new explorer, what I found brilliant about this binocular was the rubber armouring. The best way I can describe the feel of the armouring was a grippy feel. The binoculars had a lovely shape and the optics were very good with a nice wide fov. I can see this binocular being a good seller for Opticron.
The compact savanna was another Binocular that impressed. It had a nice small feel with decent optics. These are a great binocular for children.
I tried a lot more bins all with their own merits but the list is too long and I'm tired.|=o| but a great days birding with a lot of optics for good measure.
Ger.
