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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Conville" data-source="post: 1691387" data-attributes="member: 63161">I don't know what he think when he uses his bins. He did once say to me that they seemed "pretty good" to him. I left it alone.Would I be happy using those bins? No.I mentioned him because he really knows birds and he also doesn't seem to care much about the nuance of the view through his bins. I'm guessing he'd probably be comfortable going birding without bins at all. He knows their calls, their behavior, their habitat, and he's an avid enthusiast and a good teacher. I will also probably never know as much about birds as he does, but I probably enjoy the experience just as much, albeit for slightly different reasons.Don't misunderstand, I use good equipment myself. I consider my time afield to be precious and want to fully enjoy the experience. I just don't obsess about it and amongst most in my local Audubon it's even sort of considered vulgar to talk about equipment, and I'm OK with that.</blockquote>