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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Red_Shoulder" data-source="post: 3373038" data-attributes="member: 130635">The Vixens look like they should be good, Vixen has a good name, and 7x50's, even 50+year old models, tend to be very good.I recently picked up some Aculons,  they're fine, not waterproof though. OPTIC_NUT was telling me that the Action EX has better eyepieces,  I believe,  so they might be good, better than the Aculons,  which are good to start with.  Are you interested in older binoculars? Generally not waterproof,  but some like old Nikon 7x35 can be quite good, and smaller than 7x50's. Swift Skipper are generally good, although large, many others. I can suggest some if you are interested. No warranty,  $100 or a lot less.A lot of older binoculars need work, though. If you don’t do it yourself,  it might be more than you want to pay. But if you work on them yourself,  you don't necessarily have to send them in if they get out of alignment,  or are dropped.  That (also i just like them) is a big part of the reason I go with the older ones. I saw something about Nikon having a we'll fix it, even if you drop it, for $20+your cost to ship it in warranty. If that's still in force, might be really goodBut the Vixens look  nice, too</blockquote>