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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 3251282" data-attributes="member: 56622">I have maintained for some time here in various posts that posters here are not representative of any larger population of birders, or anything else.  We are each of us only really representative of us as an individual.I see myself as a dedicated observer of life.  Many observations are greatly aided by a good optic.  Many require only that I keep my mouth shut and eyes and ears open.  I use binoculars to gather information.  There is a basic question always at the core of any observation..."what is that?"Our individual perceptions drive our optics satisfactions/dissatisfaction.  We tend to think that our individual realities are everyone else's.  That is not so. So driving for ever better equipment we tend to obsess over stuff.  Most binocular users, just get something and use it.  If they don't like it they trade it off.  Most don't even know places like this even exist.For example if one took an over riding common opinion expressed here, the assumption is that there should be loads of good 7x binoculars out there.</blockquote>