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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1645498" data-attributes="member: 665">It's true what you said. When I use straps with a wide cushioned neck pad bandolier style, the pad will stick to my neck and make it hard to get the bins to my eyes quickly. In fact some types have small rubber "feet" on the back of the pad to assure that the pad doesn't slide around your neck.In addition, I have long arms so I have to stick my right elbow under the strap so I can pull the bins up to my face. For stationary birds, this doesn't present a problem but for birds in flight (or flighty birds), I sometimes miss them or they get too far away to see much detail by the time I'm set.This happened last week when I was trying to look at a circling turkey vulture. By the time I had gotten my arm out from underneath the strap and the bins up to my eyes, he spotted me and flew away into the nearby trees and perched on a branch and was too far away to get a good look. Fortunately, his mate, who was circling a bit farther away, came overhead and I got a good look at her/him. A face only a mother could love <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />: <a href="http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/blog/vulture.jpg" target="_blank">http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/blog/vulture.jpg</a>I couldn't see the face as well as that photo from where I was and got a sudden "hankering" for a higher power bin (I picked up the word "hanker" from my human friend Marie, who was born and breed in these parts). Of course, then you have the old shakes issue and the small exit pupil IS bins as an alternative. I don't like looking one-eyed-jack through a spotting scope, so a higher power bin would be the only acceptable alternative, and 10x wouldn't make much difference since the 804 Audubon offers the same resolution with less shakes. To keep the exit pupil at least 4mm, I would need a 15x60, and then I'd have to go "geek" for sure.<a href="http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=143528949" target="_blank">http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=143528949</a></blockquote>

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