kristoffer
Used Register
This forum section is kinda dead, Zen and the new brands seem to have taken over Minoxs/et al role as cheaper option to the alphas. Capitalism at it´s best. I guess
Perhaps that is because they are all out looking at birds through their excellent binoculars rather than sitting at a keyboard posting about them.not much defense for the brand, yet
... rather than sitting at a keyboard posting about them. Ron
Worldwide perhaps but in the UK I am not aware of anyone selling ZEN. Hawke & Vortex don't have anything like the number of major sales outlets as Minox. It effectively makes little difference in the end but it is useful being able to refer to comments about things that are available.
Sorry to but in but didnt Minox have a connection to Leica a few years ago i am told they are a good competitor now.
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At one point, Minox was a division of Leica. A few years ago they sold it and it has since become it's own company, still based out of Germany though.
But with production facilities in China.
They're a bit ambigious about where the bins are "made" and where the components are made.
Steiner is very similar with German design and corporate headquaters (and some assembly?) but with a large component production plant in China.
Minox also see a big market in China too. They're one of the few major brands that has their web site in three languages: English, German and Chinese.