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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Conville" data-source="post: 1404783" data-attributes="member: 63161">First, I apologize for quoting myself but it helps with context.I received the bins yesterday and they're going back tomorrow. The focus mechanism is defective. There is about 5-6mm of slack when shifting from close focusing to distant, and vice versa. As if this weren't bad enough, the actual focus action is rubbery and notchy. Only the miserable Vortex Furys (pre-corrected) I had for a nanosecond were worse, and that's unusable.I'm getting a refund and not an exchange as I also don't care for them for other reasons. The location of the focus wheel, for me, is in an awkward location and I wind up using my ring finger to focus, which I don't like. To add to all this focus trouble the point of focus realization is small and difficult to sneak up on. The eye relief is a lot, too much for most I'm sure. I can compensate for this with my own way of holding bins but it forces me to use my ring finger for focus. These things are just not a good fit for me.Optically I can't really speak to as frankly I didn't use them enough to give a reasonable evaluation.I'm now thinking about the Nikon 8x25 Trailblazer.</blockquote>