Hrrrrm... so, does anyone know what the "B1.1" story entails?
Hi All,
I received the paper version of the 2019 Meopta Sport Optics catalog (English version).
The B1 Binos have vanished, and have been replaced by the B1.1
I had a 2016-2017 catalog (Thanks to Jan van Daalen), and I compared the characteristics.
The only difference I noticed was that the B1.1 Binos were heavier of about 40-50g compared to their B1 equivalent.
Well, that was until I notice that the weight of the 2019 catalog was "with covers", while the 2016-2017 catalog was without |
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So I would say identical weight, which would mean they don't have a new magnesium body.
From this, two hypothesis are possible:
1- Just a renaming, because Meopta wants the new B2 Binos to be called B1.2
2- They modified something (lens treatment or something else) and they want it clearly tracked (which doesn't make sense, they could have make a change in the Serial numbers).
As Meopta doesn't mention anything about something new regarding the B1.1 on their 2019 catalog, I would say that they just renamed their line of Binos.
The EU 2019 Sports Optics catalog can be downloaded here
https://www.meoptasportsoptics.cz/cz/ke-stazeni-5553/
The US version is available there
https://www.meoptasportsoptics.com/us/download/