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  1. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Hi adhoc, Excellent! It's always good to hear when someone gets a bargain. And I'll be interested to read your observations. John
  2. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    To illustrate Jim’s and adhoc’s comments about the listed weights of the B1.1 and B1 Plus lines, see the specifications for the: • B1.1 line, that I previously included in post #14 at: Meostar B1.1 plus , and • B1 Plus line, from the US version of the 2020 catalogue at: Meopta Sports Optics |...
  3. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Surely it's the MeoPro Aqua? The stock photo in post #67 shows what’s clearly a significant unannounced feature - it can be used to view what’s going on under water - now that is an innovation! John p.s. I hope we'll soon be seeing field reports from users
  4. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    For pragmatic reasons optics manufacturers like to share components within product lines. As I previously indicated: And that's the approach taken by Meopta with the B1 line, especially with the x42 and larger models Looking at both the images in post #43, along with the specifications (see a...
  5. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Hi JG (#46), No offence taken, as I certainly didn’t take that as your intention. I was amused that I thought that I’d been careful in post #39, but as it turned out . . . not careful enough! (as is many things, it's often that dastardly detail that trips a person up) John
  6. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Hi JG, Well colour me slightly pink! I was intentionally cautious as there's both an 8x32 and 10x32, and as far as I know the only external difference is the marking on the focuser However, the first image is of a x42 model - not a x32 one! And since only the 10x42 has HD glass, the ‘star’...
  7. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Looking today I managed to find a couple more Plus images at: https://www.armietiro.it/12313 They show: - a x32, and - a 15x56 HD And for comparison an image of the current B1.1 15x56 HD from Meopta's site (the RA colour is probably unchanged, just a difference in the software settings used...
  8. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    Hi JG, I mainly wanted to provide a like-to-like-to-like comparison. But you're of course right, the actual retail often differs markedly e.g. on the BH Photo site, for the 10x40's the pricing is currently: - B1.1 at $999.95 - MeoPro HD at $449 So presumedly the Air will be somewhere in...
  9. John A Roberts

    New MeoStar B1 Plus Binoculars

    To get an idea of where the MeoPro Air sits in the Meopta range, see the nominal retail pricing by Meopta I’ve attached: - a page from the 2019/ 2020 price list that’s in Euros (currently add 10% to approximate USD), and - a post from the Meopta Sport Optics Facebook page, showing the US...
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