One of the best pieces of advice on Bird Forum that is repeated and repeated is to try binos for yourself and so discover which models work for you.
This is absolutely true but trying out binos inside crowded shops or peering down city streets, with tall buildings all around so you can't get any feel for the field of view and no natural things to look at, just bricks, concrete and glass with maybe some signage, doesn't help to get a feel for how the binos will perform in the natural world.
But some dealers are situated in the country with surroundings far more helpful to budding bino buyers. Why don't we help each other by listing dealers like this on here?
I will make a start with two:
Focus Optics near Coventry, UK. Go to: http://www.focusoptics.eu/
Cley Spy, on the north Norfolk coast UK. Go to: https://www.cleyspy.co.uk/
If you know of any dealers in rural situations like these, please post details in this thread.
Lee
This is absolutely true but trying out binos inside crowded shops or peering down city streets, with tall buildings all around so you can't get any feel for the field of view and no natural things to look at, just bricks, concrete and glass with maybe some signage, doesn't help to get a feel for how the binos will perform in the natural world.
But some dealers are situated in the country with surroundings far more helpful to budding bino buyers. Why don't we help each other by listing dealers like this on here?
I will make a start with two:
Focus Optics near Coventry, UK. Go to: http://www.focusoptics.eu/
Cley Spy, on the north Norfolk coast UK. Go to: https://www.cleyspy.co.uk/
If you know of any dealers in rural situations like these, please post details in this thread.
Lee
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