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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Kerreran" data-source="post: 1485690" data-attributes="member: 56970">I've been reading this thread with ever-increasing enjoyment, and first up I have to do this;:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:Time to stick my oar in - I feel kinda inadequate saying this, but I've only ever owned 4 pairs of bins! [Gasp!]  I still have and use 3 of them, though. My first ever were a pair of 8x30 porros, given to me when I was about 6 - I can't remember the make, all I can recall is that they had 'gold-coated optics', which I thought was very impressive. I donated them when I upgraded [age 10 or so] to Ranger County 8x30 wide-field roofs - two little grey-armoured tubes of some near-indestructible metal. Those bins have been dropped, trodden on, fallen off mountains [with me attached...], covered in dust, immersed in water, you name it, and they still work just fine. Following them, Bresser 10x42 Dialyts - bought second hand for £100 and worth so much more than every penny. If they hadn't developed the habit of steaming up in even light rain I'd still be using them [despite a fairly narrow FOV and 'close' focus of about 5m] being incredibly light, superbly balanced, and only being beaten optically by alphas and the newest betas. Newest are Leica 10x42 Ultravid HDs, which beat all-comers last year, and are just exquisite... I haven't buried any of them though - it'd take too long to get them out when something flies over! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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