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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ravis" data-source="post: 3620943" data-attributes="member: 143866">Wow, a problem like that with Swarovski! I wonder how it happened, vibration through transit? Glad you never had any real problems with the focus wheel. The hinge thing doesn't seem like much of a problem anyway because it's fixable. I wanted to keep my relatively compact Opticron Discovery WP 8x32 with 1.2m close focus, but deciding to send it back to Amazon due to poor performance in the one i got. Amazon may be dodgy in this way, but at least they accept returns easily. It has an excellent review with BBR. It was that and Ray Mear's advice that made me get them. They are also one of, if not, the most smallest 8x32 out there. They're supposed to be very good quality too. But the focus wheel is a bit sticky, one side of the field is fuzzy, and it's barely binocular vision within the 4m range and gets worse the closer you focus. You can still see your own feet but it's almost like you're using one eye. Pity because I prefer this type over true compacts with less fov. The Sapphires still seem good anyway and i'll try Tesco direct this time. We can get a 10% discount with them. They are going all over the place for 179.</blockquote>