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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3274738" data-attributes="member: 665">Oh, no! Not another plague upon us! Hopefully, Weber and Fechner did their ciphering wrong and the new Swaro focusers (which I didn't realize were redesigned until you mentioned it, where did you find that information?) will turn smooth as a baby's bottom in both directions (including the SLC's focusers). I'd like to see John measure the directional resistance in about a dozen other Swaro focusers, both old and new, because from my experience and from the experience of many others on BF, it's apparent they are not all created equal, having tried three new samples and found differences among them, and the fact that some developed problems over time (only after a few months in Lee's sample). One EL focuser took a lot of force with two fingers to turn in one direction (I'd bet way more than 1/10 oz,), and a new SLC took took just a little more work to turn in one direction, which sounds like John's sample. Given the numerous complaints about the directional stiction difference, there are probably a lot of Swaro focusers with more than 1/10 oz. difference, either out of the box or after being used for a while. Plus, others are "ratchety," "coarse," or "stiff," throughout the focus range, not just in one direction. If, indeed, Swaro has redesigned their focusers with a "light touch," it means that my effort to raise awareness of this issue (despite heavy flak from The Defenders) and the comments from other birders who have expressed dissatisfaction with Swaro focusers have managed to get heard above the buckshot of the company's 2/3 hunting customer base, for whom the dual stiction focusers were designed, as peatmoss was told by Swaro. Even if the redesgin didn't completely solve the problems, it at least shows that Swaro is finally paying attention just as they did with turning up the level of pincushion distortion with the SV ELs. Of course, I'm not so naive as to believe these changes were made solely to satisfy a minority of customers, but rather out of concern that they and other potential customers might migrate to Zeiss or other brands if they did not make the changes. And now the rebuttal....Brock</blockquote>

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