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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iveljay" data-source="post: 3494986" data-attributes="member: 37260">A genuine good luck to all those young enough to make use of the difference, my 7x42, 8x32 Fls, EIIs and Habichts with one or two lesser beasts for when I need 12x etc. are it, full stop. It would be interesting to see the average age of those buying top end binoculars, I have a horrible feeling that it has been steadily getting higher, hopefully I am wrong.Over the past 2 years there has been a marked drop in visible wildlife around here, so there is less stimulus for folks to get interested and buy bins. This reduction means that most of the time bins are used for confirmation rather than primary identification as species are more limited to those that do best.To make full use of the capabilities of the bins I own I have to travel a lot further, so combining ageing eyes, legs and practical need, there is little motivation to buy anything better. I suspect that I am not alone.</blockquote>