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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ronh" data-source="post: 1546990" data-attributes="member: 55514">Newfie,A couple of years ago I was looking for a similar bino, but for astronomy, and tried the IF version of the waterproof 15x70 Garrett that you linked in your first post.I thought the mechanics and construction was quite good for the money. The eye relief was comfortable, and the wide field of view was sufficiently sharp all across to make a pleasing view. For the size of bino, daytime color errors were fairly well controlled as well.Collimation was spot on, coatings looked dark and even, and I thought it was a very comfortable bino to look through, and lightweight for the size.It wasn't so great at splitting double stars as I would have liked, however. Also, although this is a harsh test, when I looked at a very bright light at night, I could see faint ghost images around the main images, like there might have been some kind of back and forth reflections going on in the prisms, possibly. I don't really know if that was related to the bit of image softness on double stars.I ended up sending the Garrett back, no questions asked, and getting a $600 Fujinon, a heavy IF binocular. It is better, but still not perfect, and due to its worse color error than the Garrett, I wouldn't really recommend it for daytime use.I think the waterproof, center focus Garrett might be the ticket, with the money you want to spend. It really wasn't bad at all. I would wonder about its ruggedness though, probably don't want to slam it around too much!Ron</blockquote>

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