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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mantice" data-source="post: 1993343" data-attributes="member: 91992">Hey guys - I need some opinion of getting a second bino and I'm interest to learn Swarovski services.My Leica 10x25 is back in warranty and estimate to have it back early January.  I begin to feel anxious every time when I miss the opportunity of not having a bino with me.I hear good service from Swavorski and Leica but long service time seems to be very common for Leica; also they start charging 35$ shipping/handling for all passport warranties which makes long-term maintenance a question.Should I switch to Swavorski for my second pair?  I know their 10x25 is similar but less than Ultravid and the 8x30 SLCneu is so so on their line-ups, but does the customer service worth the small drop in image quality?I will make another pose if I need suggestion in binos but now I'm interest to learn from those who deal with both Leica and Swavorski recently.</blockquote>