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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 3176299" data-attributes="member: 56622">I see a point or two I need to clarify for sure in the review.  As I told Bruce above they have only a small optical lab in Lander.  They get the whole binocular from Kamakura, but do a check on every one the sell.  The customization orders (as Jerry mentions, the stuff you can check off the list, not the whole binocular) are assembled at Kama Tec in San Diego.  Repairs are done there too.  That adds a week to the order.  The customized binocular goes to Maven in Lander, they double check collimation and do their inspection and then send it to the customer.  The stock models listed come assembled and ready to go into the box and out to the customer, after inspection, from Maven in Lander.I wondered if Jerry was referring to the compact 8x30 B3.  It is less than the others, but primarily because they do not use a much more expensive Mg frame.  But when he mentioned less expensive maven models I wondered if...well I just wondered because it did not seem to match my information.</blockquote>