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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wanderer55" data-source="post: 1733526" data-attributes="member: 83479">Leupold/Barska???Ok, so the Yosemite are Chinese made. Now the Barska brand sells the same binos? Here's an ad <a href="http://www.binoculars.com/binoculars/hunting-binoculars/barska8x30crossoverbinocularsmossyoakwinterpinkcamo.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.binoculars.com/binoculars/hunting-binoculars/barska8x30crossoverbinocularsmossyoakwinterpinkcamo.cfm</a>Looks the same to me.......... EDIT: No not the same, just look alikes.As a follow up on my WOW Leupolds, I took them out the past two days birding for the GBBC. I returned them this afternoon. Like all of you said, a person HAS to use a pair of binos before they know what they want.I like the Yosemities, or rather I "want" to like them. I want to have an inexpensive pair of binos with features like the Yosemite, but I found out that using them is a different matter. I do not like the stubborn focus wheel at all and with a pair of gloves it's not working for me. Also with a pair of gloves the binos are really too small. I found today (full sun for once) that I saw a lot of glare and whitish haze in the outer 20% of the field of view. Those issues were enough for me (along with the yellow/tan color that does not grow on me), to return them.It's back to another search. I think I'm starting to obsess about the whole thing. I really tend to do that and the crazy thing is that since the stroke, I tend to do that even more........  Anyhow, I have decided once and for all that I will buy a pair of Roof Prism binos. Somewhere between $100 - $150. I am not worried about Phase Coatings. My eyes don't seem to need them (so far). I spent another hour or two over at GM today and looked again at the Bushnell Natureview and Powerview. I may try the Natureview in 8x42 roof. The powerview was pretty bad. When I look at all the online sights it's like a myriad of people selling the same thing? Alpen, Bushnell, Burris, Vortex, Swift, Nikon, Zhummell and the list goes on. I find all those makes in a 8x42mm Roof Prism for Under $100 to $150 all over the internet. Is there really any difference in any of them? I mean really? 99% of them are:Nitrogen PurgedFully MulticoatedBAK4WatefproofLong eye reliefSo what's really different other than warranty?Anyhow, I will shut up now........ Off on a tangent again, without all the facts........ Typical of me.</blockquote>

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