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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chill6x6" data-source="post: 3451675" data-attributes="member: 130888">Ted!  Hehehe...  I'm glad you like them!  I don't know where you go birding in your area and the conditions....but if the conditions are ever what I call "tight," you will like those FLs more and more.  I really didn't get "crazy" about them until after a few days in the field.  I feel like this time of year is their forte.  Ashlee and I went birding Sunday....both of us had Leica 8X42s...her a Trinovid and me a Trinovid HD(my vacation binocular experiment).  The WHOLE flipping trip I was wishing for the FL 7X42s.  LOTS of pine warblers this time of year!Here's what I do a lot and it's easy with the Rick Young Bino Harness(or two)....  I'll get the 10X42s(or in your case, 10X50s) of choice and put my head and right arm thru the harness to where they rest under my right arm.  THEN put the 7X42s with another harness in the usual manner right in front.  So then if I see some shore birds/waterfowl that may need a little more magnification, I'm prepared.  10X50s huh?? |:d|</blockquote>