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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3260787" data-attributes="member: 665">The Dialyt/Classics had fold down rubber eyecups (and still do have them in the case of the 8x56 and 7x50 models), which are more to my liking than hard plastic/nylon eyecups. Plastic/Nylon wears over time, not just where the click stops hit but the top of the eyecups, too. So does the rubber on a metal frame eyecups, but for the cover is all you need to replace, not the entire eyecups. The metal frame/rubber cover seems like a better design and I was surprised to see it on the Foresta, which at 30 oz. is one of the lightest 7x50s made. So I don't think the metal adds that much weight and these are 50mm bins, not 8x or 10x42s. But, yes, the metal can dent, but you'd have to hit it pretty hard such as dropping them on a hard surface. They are fairly thick. Mainly, my complaint about plastic eyecups is their shape. There's no give to them, so either they fit your face or they don't. Fold down rubber eyecups have the most flexibility, and they generally work better for me as long as they are not too wide. Next is the rubber covered metal frames since the rubber covers feel more comfortable on my face than hard edged plastic. I'm thinking of the original 820 Audubon eyecups, which one reviewer described as "not made for human faces." I agree with that. Bulldogs perhaps! Then they replaced them with hard plastic rings for eyecups! The rings had more flexibility than the solid plastic eyecups, but they were like two cookie cutters for making flesh cookies. <a href="http://www.allbinos.com/lornetki_image/1360_swift_p2.jpg" target="_blank">Swift 804 cookie cutters</a>I think Arek was being kind in listing them in the "Cons" section as "not very comfortable eyecups." I would have written "flesh-eating zombie eyecups." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />The most comfortable plastic eyecups I have tried were on the Vortex 8x42 Fury (oddly and sadly deleted from Vortex's line-up). They were bullet shaped. Instead of a flat edge, they had a steeply rounded edge that accommodated a variety of shaped faces including my Odo eyes. I don't find the Terra ED's eyecups that comfortable, however, by lowering their height, I can find a distance where they are less uncomfortable, but I do wish they had beveled the edges. My favorite eyecups are Swaros, beveled and thin. To me, they are the Gold Standard in eyecups. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that SF owners are finding the eyecups comfortable. Brock</blockquote>

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