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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OwenM" data-source="post: 1388935" data-attributes="member: 63408">On that note, I want removable screw-in eyepieces available in different heights and a winged version. Something along the lines of the Meopta and Swarovski eyepieces, but with the eyecup itself modeled after those used on the screw-up eyepieces that Pentax uses on the SP, ED, and perhaps other series, and Bushnell on the Legend roof, Browning roofs, etc. since those are more comfortable than the thinner, narrower, harder eyecups used on the Meopta, Vortex/Stokes DLS, and a host of others. Much easier to replace in the event of damage, plus different available maximum heights would allow the user to adjust his/her bins for an individual fit regardless of facial structure. Perhaps not something we should expect on a budget-oriented binocular, but a worthwhile feature and selling point for those of us who struggle with blackouts and eye relief that forces us to either hold the binoculars out away from our eyes, or cram our eyeballs into the eyepieces to hit that "sweet spot" where the full field is available, yet the binoculars comfortable and natural to use. I think one of the reasons I like the Pentax SP and ED models with 17mm ER(and the Browning 8x32) so much is that their eye relief and eyecup height at full extension matches my face better than the others I've tried, which makes them easier to use, and gives the immediate impression they are "better", regardless of the optics, than just about anything else I've tried. They are also more comfortable in extended use. For instance, the Meopta Meostar and Vortex/Stokes DLS models are wonderful binoculars, but both leave my brows or eye sockets sore if I use them for awhile.btw, Alexis Powell's model above almost matches one of my scribblings describing what I would want if I could design a binocular from the ground up-except I don't care if it's open bridge or not.</blockquote>

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