BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3550099" data-attributes="member: 25191">Joachim,In the US, too many people place unrealistic expectations on binoculars with German (or German sounding) names. I think it would be illuminating and helpful for you to share what your countrymen think—in general—of Steiner binoculars—not the myriad models coming from Asia, but those still made in Germany.Some people in the Seattle area shared with me that they had seen a photo of Carl Steiner standing next to his Mercedes with one tire up on a Steiner to show how tough it was. He wanted to know what other bino supposed to be THAT tough. I told the fellow it was almost impossible for a very strong man to crush an egg (held length-wise) with his hands because although the shell was little more than paper thin, it’s structure—at least lengthwise—was incredibly strong. During the flapping of my gums, I located one of the “good, bad examples” of binoculars (an inexpensive Tasco) from its place of honor, grabbed a towel, and, with the customer checking out this crazy ‘nocklar fixer, stepped to my truck. I wrapped the towel once around the bino and eased my truck’s left tire upon the paperweight. I left it there for about 3 minutes, while the customer just knew all sorts of bad things were happening to the bino.With the test over, we went back inside and I placed the instrument on the collimator. Not only were no parts broken, collimation was only offset by 3 or 4 minutes, a distance largely inconsequential to most observers.Sometimes, photos used in advertising can be as misleading as words. :cat:Just a thought,Bill</blockquote>

Verification