Armstrong31
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Good day! Thanks for accepting me Birdforum. I am a recently retired hobby birder and astronomer looking to go deeper. In September I am moving to Colombia SA where it looks like there are ample ops to expand into birding. Recently, I had an old pair of Nikon Monarchs that took a fall. I sent them to Nikon and they offered to fix them under warranty, but to my surprise they did not fix them and sent to me without notification a pair of M5s. I have read the somewhat glowing reviews on the M5s but I feel that they were inferior to the Monarchs I sent for repair. I asked them to allow me to send the M5s back and buy either M7s or HGs, and of course I would pay the difference. Nikon denied the request and now I have the conundrum of either sticking with the M5s or buying a pair of M7 or HGs and what to do with the M5s? Since I am moving I would like to get rid of superfluous luggage. Any thoughts? As I said I would like to get deeper into birding and I am not sure the M5s are gonna satisfy the itch.