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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spyglass2" data-source="post: 1499719" data-attributes="member: 68364">Well, my current list of "keepers" is way longer than it should be....but I've had several over the last 10yrs or so that I really liked and kinda didn't wanna part with, but did. 1st was a Celestron Nova 10x50 that I literally wore out (pebble finish worn completely smooth, all anodizing on prism cover edges gone, hinge and diopter had almost no friction left....used it constantly....and the case was held to together w/electrical tape). It had that great 8* fov and was really sharp and bright, even with most of the coatings worn off the ep's due to constant cleaning. Then the Nikon 7x35E (that would have been a keeper if it had wider fov and pop-up eyecups) and Swift 10x50 Kestrel (only fault was the stiff eyecups). Others in prior posts here have sung their praises, too.But the one instrument I really regret selling was a Kowa TSN662 scope with both 20x & 30x WA ep's. That was a great scope, but I got the idea I needed an 80...dumb move.</blockquote>