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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3335744" data-attributes="member: 109211">HiI took a pair of 10x bins to South Africa and Zimbabwe a few years back and they were great companions but 8x would have been better as I rarely got the benefit of the extra magnification due to heat haze. OK stuff at closer distances were good but even then heat shimmer was a bit of spoiler.And if you are going on the trip of a lifetime and you really are going to use bins intensively then I would agree with the previous poster that going with 2 pairs is a good idea. Things can happen out in the bush or on the veldt and you wouldn't want to be without bins.However a pair of Leica Ultravids at a good price sounds tempting especially if you intend to use them a lot after your safari. Many folks use 10x as their daily bins but like the previous poster, for me, 10x are specialist instruments for particular places and not for general use. Others will undoubtedly disagree.Lee</blockquote>