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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    Sorry, can't help you with the strap question. I opted for the Curio, too. Decided to send it back (along with returning the Pocket 8x25) because of the paint chip, but will be ordering it again it very soon, when I've decided between black and orange/silver. I hadn't previously considered...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    Do you find the Curio's focuser is dryer when turned anti-clockwise than when turned clockwise? Especially when turning anti-clockwise when focusing at nearer distances. Clockwise it's smooth, anti-clockwise dryer, as you put it. That's how I experience it on the Curio I have. It's not a...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    I might unscrew them tomorrow. After your comments I'm no longer worried about the gap, thanks. Also, I looked at a few photos and one video which showed similar. In fact in the video, filmed in 2022, of the burnt orange colour, both eyepieces are way off centre. They make mine look almost perfect.
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    The awkwardness was something I hadn't borne in mind enough when I first tried the Curio. Now I can deal with it pretty well - and the payoffs in terms on size and weight are great. I do find the small eye cups a bit frustrating (but only a bit). I hold them slightly away from my eyes, because...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    For a while today I thought the same. But as you say, for a binocular of this type keeping both doesn't make sense or feel right, because they have virtually the same application. Not sure if that's the right word. It is a difficult decision if you like both - and I don't entirely dislike the...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    Thanks for checking yours. It sounds similar to mine, except that the narrower gap between the rubber and eyepiece is on part of the right ocular, rather than the left. In fact, as you may be able to see on the photo above, there's almost no gap at all on the top half. Maybe yours is like that...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    Maybe used. It was good to get your opinion, as it all helps. But apart from the lack of paint on that bit everything is absolutely pristine. Not a speck of dust, fingermark, etc. I checked very closely on receiving it. Straps still in original packaging. Box entirely unmarked inside and out...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    They certainly are.
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    Just to the left of the focus wheel. I'm pretty certain these are brand new. Apart from the missing paint, the pouch, box and everything in it is in that condition when you can tell it's highly unlikely to be an item that has been returned by another customer. Spotless. If I'd owned it for a...
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    Curio 7x21 vs. CL 8x25 pocket

    I currently have both the Curio and the CL Pocket 8x25, which I've been trying out at home today (I overlook fields and a hill, with a variety of features at different distances, beyond the garden, so I can give them a reasonable test). I'm an amateur compared to most here, and these are my...
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