Can anyone comment on what the VHD is like to use with glasses? 22 mm is a large amount of eye relief. Do you get blackouts using these binoculars with glasses?
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Can anyone comment on what the VHD is like to use with glasses? 22 mm is a large amount of eye relief. Do you get blackouts using these binoculars with glasses?
FrankD
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I wish I could help you with that one Jinty. I don't wear glasses but typically do need to use binoculars with the eyecups in the fully collapsed position because of my facial features (big nose and close set eyes). With the BGA VHDs I need to have the eyecups positioned out to the first click-stop adjustment on the eyepiece in order to avoid blackouts. This leads me to believe that they do have a generous amount of eye relief.
I do plan on posting a full review of this model later this week.
I do plan on posting a full review of this model later this week.
A2GG
Beth
I have the Countryman HD which also has 22mm ER and the eyecups look the same as the VHD. I wear glasses and never had blackouts, but everyone is different. I have the cups twisted down all the way.
brocknroller
porromaniac
Generous ER is good for eyeglass wearers but can be problematic for those who don't use eyeglasses, as I can attest. I have similar features to Frank (but my eyes aren't as "beady" 
however, the bridge of my nose is high so it acts as a backstop to prevent most eyecups from getting too close to cause blackouts (but this can limit the FOV).
Frank is too modest about his appearance. If you look at his photo on his YouTube channel (linked in his signature), you'll find that he's actually a handsome dude. Beth might be smitten if you weren't married (you did tie the knot, didn't you, Frank?).
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however, the bridge of my nose is high so it acts as a backstop to prevent most eyecups from getting too close to cause blackouts (but this can limit the FOV). Frank is too modest about his appearance. If you look at his photo on his YouTube channel (linked in his signature), you'll find that he's actually a handsome dude. Beth might be smitten if you weren't married (you did tie the knot, didn't you, Frank?).
I encourage you both to sign up for my new dating service website, www.birdwatcherdates&dmates.com, coming to the Internet this spring. Unlike other dating websites where what you see isn't always what you get, my site's profiles are true to life since I administer truth serum to enrollees before they fill out their profiles! And all profile images are scanned against classmates.com photos to make sure they are not alternations of old high school photos.
Now if I only knew an FTP from a BLT, I'd be rolling in it!
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