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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 3210029" data-attributes="member: 14799">Drabina - You already have experience with the Yosemite 6x30 and thinking about going to 8x30 model?  Jerry's post above (#22) matches my experience.  It is not that the 8x30 is optically inferior,but rather its smaller EP makes is less bright and fussier to manage.  And the field is smaller.  The 6x30 IMO is a proven performer so why change horses in the middle of the stream?  I have forgotten how many 6x30s I have given away and nary a complaint have reached my ears.  I have some friends who own the best of the best and still will use the 6x30 as a knock around binocular.  If it is stolen or badly damaged, no great calamity. A tip for those of you who have used your Yosemite a lot and find the frame holding the barrels together starting to move with little effort, i.e., not stiff enough.  I don't know what kind of polymer is being used, but I believe it has its own lubricating qualities.   I have discovered a few judicious drops of Loc-Tite (blue) on the joints will stiffen things nicely.  Give it a week or so and it should help.  I see no evidence of damage to the polymer using this stuff.  John</blockquote>