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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Frink" data-source="post: 3384789" data-attributes="member: 32409">binocular structural material choicesIt's disappointing to see comments from forum members who appear to have made an emotional investment in their binoculars that may be greater than their financial investment, with the result that they can't bear to think that theirs might not be the absolute best of all possible choices. To these people I would say, "Everyone please chill out; it's all good stuff. The top manufacturers all make superb instruments from many different materials, and that's what gives us all these wonderful choices." I have binoculars made of plastic, aluminum, and magnesium, and they're all great; not one of them has an inherent superiority over any of the others solely because of the material that was used to build it. John Frink</blockquote>