Leica Ultravid 8x20 BR (material number 40252) eye cups question (1 Viewer)

[Talster]

Hello all.

I've just registered on the forum, and what an excellent forum it seems, loads of useful information and I'm going to really enjoy been around on here.

I have a question that I wondered if someone could answer for me please?

I have a pair of Leica Ultravid 8X20 BR (Material number 40252). I was wondering if the eye cups are completely removable?

The reason I ask is. I have another pair of Leica binoculars (Duovid 10-15x50 bought around 20 years ago) and from time to time I remove the eye cups on these to give them a thorough clean. And I was ideally wanting to do the same with the Ultravid I have mentioned above.

I realise that the eye cups on the Ultravid can be pulled up or pushed down for when using with or without glasses, but I couldn't see any mention in the user manual on if or how the eye cups could be removed.

Thanks in advance and appologises if I have posted in the wrong section

 

[milvusmilvus]

Hello Talster,

To be honest, I don't own an Ultravid 8X20, but a Trinovid 8x20. I don't think Leica consider this operation to be done by the user, but if you want to do it and if pocket Trinovids and Ultravids' eyecups are constructed in a similar way, first you have to remove the rubber part of the eyecap. It reveals a elastic "wire" surronding the ocular optics module, inset into a detent. This is what holds the eyecup in place. If you remove it, eyecup will be released. Then you have to assembly reversing the steps.

Regards!

 

[Talster]

Hello Talster,

To be honest, I don't own an Ultravid 8X20, but a Trinovid 8x20. I don't think Leica consider this operation to be done by the user, but if you want to do it and if pocket Trinovids and Ultravids' eyecups are constructed in a similar way, first you have to remove the rubber part of the eyecap. It reveals a elastic "wire" surronding the ocular optics module, inset into a detent. This is what holds the eyecup in place. If you remove it, eyecup will be released. Then you have to assembly reversing the steps.

Regards!

Hello and thanks for the reply.

I had forgotten about this thread. I emailed Leica shortly after posting this question. Leica informed me that they are not removable by the user and require specialists tools.

The Ultravid 8x20 do not have a rubber part on the eyecup, so I guess it would not be the same procedure as the pocket Trinovids.

Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it

 

[Trinovid]

Is disassembly for cleaning a common thing? I'm carrying my 8x20 Ultravid in the leather pouch and hope it never gets bad enough that I need to send them in for cleaning.

 

[Talster]

Is disassembly for cleaning a common thing? I'm carrying my 8x20 Ultravid in the leather pouch and hope it never gets bad enough that I need to send them in for cleaning.

Too be honest I could probably clean the eyecups (on the Duovids) just as good with a damp soapy cloth, as I do with removing them (which is what I think I will do from now on).

The same I would guess would be the case for the Ultravids. The eyecups look easy enough to clean thoroughly (without removal especially when the eyecups are extended) with this method and with that in mind I'm not sure why I posted this question

 

[Trinovid]

The eyecups look easy enough to clean thoroughly (without removal) with this method and with that in mind I'm not sure why I posted this question

Probably for the same reasons you see many of the questions where the poster already 'knows' the answer, but is looking for other input from people they trust to offer additional opinions on.

 

[LucaPCP]

The question is very reasonable, as in 8x32, 7x42, ..., the eyecups are removable, and I sometimes remove them to help drying when I have to rinse the binoculars.