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AnotherNightOwl said:

I have just bought the Canon 10x30 IS... AND LOVE THEM.

Can you get a rainguard cover for them?

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Luca said:

Yes, you can get a rain guard for those binoculars. I believe that the Nikon one piece rainguard will fit them (as supplied with Nikon SE and EII). But, are you sure that you want those binoculars out in the rain?

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AnotherNightOwl said:

Hi Luca.

I don't want the rain guard to take them out in the rain. I have read other people think they are a good idea to use regardless of the weather...They use them to stop crumbs, etc if you are eating. Also if you are moving about in woodland, to stop bits falling in them. The rubber eye covers remind me of small bins...no pun intended. I know they come with small plastic covers, but i would lose them easily if i used them.

Do you think i need them?

Will they be usefull? ...or do you think i am DAFT to even think about getting some?

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jjg213 said:

I find ocular covers most useful, you can become very adept at moving them quickly when necessary and they do protect unwanted, miscellaneous materials from getting in the way of your viewing. I have once had a gull target me (or the binoculars), and got poop on the cover!
Regards, John

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AnotherNightOwl said:

Thanks John.

Do you have the Canon 10x30 IS?
When you say ocular covers, Do you mean those little plastic caps that come with the binoculars? Or do you mean those ones that are joined together and attach to the strap?

Are ocular covers and rain guards the same thing? or are they different, but do a similar thing?

I have once had a gull target me (or the binoculars), and got poop on the cover!
Regards, John

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jjg213 said:

That's got to be THE best reason to use them... Bird bombing Protecors.

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rozinante said:

Since discovering the advantages of the rainguard attached to strap, I wouldn't want to be without one on any bins. I am slowly developing the habit of putting it on at all times I am not actualy looking through them. I even remember sometimes to flip the guard off before actualy putting them to my eyes.

Better than buiscuit crumbs or fag ash in the eye any day. I find the ones with individual eyepiece covers joined with a flexible joint stay on better for me than the single cover type that covers both. I tend to climb, crawl and fall over quite a bit so the friction tends to keep them on better.

I think they are eaqualy as important for keeping bits out as they are at keeping rain of your lenses.

Don't worry about asking as many questions as you like, no one is forced to respond if they don't want too.

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jjg213 said:

Hi again, Among the binoculars I have and use are some that are waterproof and some are not. I use ocular covers on all of them, regardless. As far as looking silly with ocular covers on non-waterproof binoculars, the person seeing them that way should find something else to think about.
BTW the only questions that are stupid are the ones that are not asked! Keep questioning, it is the way to learn, and enjoy your bins!
Regards, John

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Questions said:

I know that some of the questions that i, and others ask may seem boring,trivial or STUPID. They may well have been asked... and answered many times, by people with a vast amount of knowledge and experience of binoculars. BUT they will continue to be asked by others like myself, who find( by accident most of the time ) and use this FANTASTIC site, and then as a guest read and read, trying to find answers to their own personal questions. A lot of the times we will find answers to things we had not even thought of. Other times we will find the answers we were looking for...BUT...THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TIMES , when we cannot find the answers, so of course we will ask.If we get answers that we don't FULLY UNDERSTAND, then others like myself, will ask again and again until it's totally clear to us.

WE ALL have lacked knowledge on different things in life, and we have ALL gained more knowledge...by asking questions and finding answers.

John put it best with... "the only questions that are stupid are the ones that are not asked!"

I personally, would rather seem STUPID by asking questions, knowing that i will become more knowledgeable from someone wiser than myself,than pretend to be KNOWLEDGEABLE and not ask questions, for fear of looking stupid.

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