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Thought this may be of interest to anybody considering these binoculars, Purchased them from W.H.EXPRESS delivery was spot on next day as they said, why did I chose the 10x instead of the 8x that many members have said are brighter ? well for no other reason than I already have some Opticron 8x42 H.R. and I wanted to try the 10x the bins are intended as a second pair for when I take my Lady birding, the packaging was the usual black and gold Nikon box with made in China on the side, contents Strap, Rather nice rubber case with Nikon logo (No shoulder strap only belt loop) rainguard, Nikon 10 year warranty. on inspection I could find no faults in the finish, they were a lot heavier that I thought they would be, but had a real chunky positive feel, the focus wheel was very positive with no back lash, indeed you have to be delicate with you focus as there in a fine line between in and out,took them down the local gravel pits for a try, First having always been used to 8x Porro the 10x roof took a bit of getting used to, holding them like a porro with a sort of fist like grip brought on the shakes like I had been on the waky baccy however holding them in the open hand way with little fingers down near the objective lens gave me a good steady image, brightness ? it was difficult to judge between my Opticrons and the Sporters it may show up more at dusk or dawn,the click up eyepiece problem mentioned be some members is there,if you are one of the people who wear their bins low down it is more of a problem you sort of squash them in with your tummy area but if you wear them high on your chest it does not appear to happen, must admit I did have doubt about these bins at first but as the morning went on I started to feel at home with them, maybe it was the fact that roofs are something new to me, I am no expert but I would say these are a good buy for the money.