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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PeteQuad" data-source="post: 3362734" data-attributes="member: 134999">I have to disagree and feel that this is a case of the grass always being greener.  My biggest gripes with binos tends to be related to the mechanics of the diopter adjustment or eyecups.  I have had to install permanent twist ties to hold out the eyecups on my BX-1 Yosemite, and I had to order replacement eyecups for my Conquest 8x42 - which was still too much eye relief and so I had to add wings to those cups in order to avoid blackouts.  This is because I do not wear eyeglasses - if I did both of these binos would have been problem free.My point is that the industry does pay attention to eyeglass wearers.  And the truth is we would both have new/different problems if we were on the other side of the fence.</blockquote>