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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalat" data-source="post: 3342562" data-attributes="member: 65207">That's a dream of a place to live in! You should get a pretty good garden list there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I would go very much with Kimmo's suggestion.A very good scope, like the Kowa for your deck, and a bin for overview. As you also want to go hiking in the forest, I think the bin should be the 10x42 at maximum. Inside the forest, a lighter bin with larger field of view like 8x42 or 7x42 would be the best. So unless you want two bins (one for the deck for overview and one for the hikes in the forest), I'd go with a 7x42 (Leica or Nikon) or 8x42 (Zeiss, Swaro, Leica or Nikon).For the stationnary scope, you got a lot of good suggestions here. Two considerations I'd add here are waterproofness and focus.I don't know the astronomy binoculars mentionned here, but I assume some of them are not waterproof. I'd say that is very much a no-go in your humid climate and risk of the scope getting wet in a downpour if you left it up on your deck.As for focus, I think all large binoculars, inlcuding the highlander and the aspectem have individual focus, which means it takes time to set the focus when moving on a new object. The large bins would be very comfortable for long looks at rather stationnary objects, e.g. birds at a nest, groups of monkey or of course sloths <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> But I think you will have many situations where you need quick focus, e.g. observing birds moving through the canopy or flyovers, the IF bins would be way too slow then, and a scope much quicker for these situations.</blockquote>

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