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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drabina" data-source="post: 3212396" data-attributes="member: 132115"><p>I value your opinion but how do you explain the poor QC of Yosemites if they are supposed to be superior to Cypress? It looks like I am not first to notice problems with the eye cups and the focusing ring is notoriously stiff (to the point that it is unusable by smaller kids for which everybody claims that the binoculars were designed for). I am not trying to say that Celestron makes better product but comparing those two inexpensive binoculars, Cypress is more user friendly than Yosemite (lighter, smooth focusing, lockable eye cups and similar optical quality). Because of the collapsing eye cups, I have missed a lot of bird views with Yosemites. Also, I will not always remember to work the focuser few times too smooth out the action, every time I want to give the binocs to the kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>