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    Untangle my mind please!

    Not something I have considered and it might be a deal breaker as i have committed yet.
  2. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Thanks mate something to consider and yes its either light or dark here!
  3. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    I guess its just the habit of keeping them on to look for movement as i am walking the transects, no real reason when I am stopping
  4. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Hi guys thanks for the responses to clear up glass wearing I am mildly short-sighted and do sometimes use contacts. Someone I know has said they are prepared to sell their old Swarovski EL 10X42 for 800 pound, its on the upper end of the budget but I hear nothing but good things about the EL...
  5. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Good point! Thinking about it that way it would probably cost me several new Swarovskis so it looks like second-hand Zeiss are winning the argument
  6. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Cheers for the link. There are some great bins there for around my money bracket, just seen the Swarovski El 10 X 42 and trying to decide if divorce is worth forking out 999 pounds for them... :)
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    Untangle my mind please!

    Cheers for that, I never thought about splitting the money for two different bins. At the moment I am using Vogelbescherming Stern 8X42's which are perfectly decent, I was thinking maybe I should get some 10's just to get a variety. Nearly all my surveys are on arable farmland or scrub/garrigue...
  8. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Oops sorry for the misplacement. Thanks and have a nice day.
  9. L

    Untangle my mind please!

    Hello all, just registered and the first post. Can your knowledge come to my rescue, please? I now live in Cyprus and have been approached by a company to do professional bird surveys so it is time to upgrade my bins. I have done a tonne of research but am still undecided about what to get. My...
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