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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CliveP" data-source="post: 3290694" data-attributes="member: 85835">I took the Bresser out to have one more try with it as I wondered would it work well with the autumn colours plus I had been playing with trying to find the best diopter setting and thought I had achieved some improvement.Well things started out quite well and I actually was getting it to focus pretty well and not to much glare in tough low sun autumn morning conditions and I really was beginning to think that perhaps I had been a bit harsh on it initially.So I actually started to see that it could provide some sharp distant detail and sort of general usability and I noticed it not straining on the eyes as can happen with smaller 25mm objective bins.BUT!Somewhere along the way something seemed to happen to the diopter setting and I had to turn it completely full +and even then could have done with a slight bit more but it was actually working quite well. Then I noticed the focus wheel becoming stiff and thought it was just something to do with the grease unitl I looked at it more closely to discover that the wheel has started to wobble and work loose.I emailed Bresser to see what they say as I think this bin could actually be a bit useful if I actually had one that worked properly. I think this one has been perhaps one of the worst of a bunch. Maybe if they give me a good one or fix this properly -but it's probably simpler to replace- then I might hopefully be able to report that it may in fact be a reasonable purchase but I'm still not sure I would recommend even a good one but if I could get the sharpness I glimpsed also with the low eyestrain and I don't even think this one is collimated that great, then it could possibly be like a different binocular.Be interesting to see what they say. It sure didn't last very long. Two short outings. That's pretty bad and it was the 20 year warranty on their website that made me think it would at least be durable?Maybe it will find the trash after all. At least the pouch and lens caps will come in handy. The strap is a bid daft or Bizarre yet again. A really wide bungee type with really narrow strap for the lugs of a compact.</blockquote>

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