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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patudo" data-source="post: 3618861" data-attributes="member: 139299">Well, as a certain book says, "you can't save some people from themselves".  I do think some folks need to use a poor binocular for a while in order to decide for themselves that a higher level of optical quality, usability and build quality is in fact worth paying for.  The likes of Greenkat, Hanimex, Miranda and various others would seem to suggest that's been the case for a long time.   It also wouldn't surprise me that a good many more casual observers would be perfectly satisfied with the best of the $100 or less bunch (eg. Nikon Aculon which seems like a decent product).</blockquote>