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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kittykat23uk" data-source="post: 1270199" data-attributes="member: 55291"><p>Hi everyone, I spent as much time as I could trying out bins in the £200-250 ish price range, but helping to man a stand at the same time meant I was a bit limited with time. It came down to the Minox 8 x 32 BLs, the Nikon Monarchs of a similar spec but I eventually settled on the opticron Veranos 8 x 32s.  Of the ones I tried they seemed to suit my eyes the best. I tried a few others with narrower IPD (e.g. opticron travellers, vortex fury) but didn't get on with those, at close focusing these are still not great in that respect but I suppose no worse than the ones they are replacing. The RRP at the bird fair was £269, but In Focus did their best to price match some websites and got down to £239. I didn't mind paying a little over the odds since they contribute a share of their profits to the bird fair's conservation projects. So in conclusion, I'm hoping I've made the right decision but have some nagging doubts... :cat:</p></blockquote><p></p>