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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 1423575" data-attributes="member: 25300">Yes. I compared them for hours to my Leica 7x42 BN's and I decided I liked the Zen Rays 8x43 ED better! The view with the ED glass is really fantastic. You know I think the technology is improving in binoculars with the better ED glass to the point where you can get binoculars that are actually better than the older alpha models for less money. I sold my Leicas for $850.00 today. The Bushmaster Objective covers from the Leicas fit the Zen Rays perfectly and I had a Crooked Horn case from the Leicas which works well for the Zen Ray. I picked up a Vero Vellini strap at Gander Mountain for the Zen Ray to deal with the long strap issue. I sent my review into Zen Ray and they were appreciative and said they appreciated the feedback and would work on the improvements I suggested. I tell you these binoculars are going to be putting the heat on the big three if they get the little problems solved. The customer service at Zen Ray is so refreshing after dealing with Leica or Zeiss or even Nikon. Here is the e-mail they returned to me after I sent them the review. Their strap recommendation really doesn't work though because the thick padded part of the strap is too long itself and I like to wear my binoculars mid-chest so it is still too long."Hi, Dennis,Thank you so much for such a detailed review. I want to personally  thank you on behalf of Zen-Ray for your constructive criticism and  honest feedback. Those are invaluable tools for us to further improve  our product quality. What you wrote in your review below summarized  very well on areas we have started putting effort in for improvement.For the long neckstrap, what we advise our customer is to use a  utility knife to carefully cut the stitches on the quickconnect. Once  you remove the quickconnect, you can run the short strap directly  through the buckle. The binoculars can hang at the right length.  Unfortunately, with this mod, you will loose the feature of  quickconnect."Best RegardsCharles That's what I call good customer service.Dennis</blockquote>

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