Anyway, I digress. I also use the Peak Design anchors, but not for my binoculars. I find the anchors don't work very well with the rainguards I prefer, and rainguards are pretty important to me. How do you use the anchors with rainguards like the good old Zeiss rainguards?
Hermann, in case this is of any help...
I also use Peak Design anchors with my binoculars, I really like the fact that you can quickly change from using the strap to having the binoculars on their own (like for using them at home or while in the car where the strap is always in the middle), or else also the possibility to attaching them to my "backpack rig". It takes a second and it's so convenient.
But then I also like using my preferred rainguard, which many times is not the one that came originally with the binoculars. This happens to my with my most used binos: Canon IS III 12x36, Opticron Traveller ED 8x32, Swarovski EL SV 8x32. In all three cases I use third party rainguards. For the Canon I use the ones that came with a Zeiss Conquest HD (in the image, for me they're a good match to the oversized eyecups or the Canon and they come off easily), and for the Traveller and EL SV I use the ones that came with a Zeiss FL or else the ones that came with a Vortex Viper HD, which are actually quite similar in size, shape, material and "feel".
Additionally, because I also like the possibility of taking the rainguard on and off quickly, I use a small quick connector that comes with some Zeiss binoculars (pictured below "undone"). First I started attaching it to the strap metal loop of the binocular, but now I simply attach it to the strap and I like it more this way. Have a look. I can click it off and keep the rainguard in my pocket if I know I won't be using it for a while. Or if I'm actively using the rainguard, it comes on and off quickly and neatly.
Yes, as you can see I'm using an old Swarovski strap because I like the fact that you can go from "neck" use to "bandolier" style (across the chest) with the flick of a lever, it's quite a clever design. So in all cases I go for versatility and quick and convenient ease of use (anchor for freeing the binos from the strap, connector for the rain guard, strap that is really fast to tighten/loosen). I talked about it all (plus the backpack rig)
here.
I hope this helps
*For the sake of statistics, I also dislike the FP system strongly. I also find is an over-engineered solution to a non-existing problem. Before I sold my 8x32 EL SV we had at home at the same time two 8x32 EL SV. Mine, a pre-FP and my partner's 2020 FP model. In my case, I personally can't find a single reason to like the FP system. As a matter of fact, I find I have more problems with twisting strap with the FP than with the pre-FP... come to think about it, I've never had any strap-twisting issue with the pre-FP ELSV, or with any other binocular for that matter. After thinking about it for a while, my take is that Swarovski (just like car manufacturers) feels they need to "add new features" to make their designs more up-to-date and desirable, which in my personal opinion is a really poor choice that makes for very poor design choices. Again, this is just an opinion
