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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jremmons" data-source="post: 3324318" data-attributes="member: 119184">But how does the original post encourage discussion? If it was just a comparative review that brought up potential issues with the B3, then there would be nothing wrong with it; however, this post goes a step further and comes off as condescending and arrogant, downplaying the fact that not everyone can afford $2000 (or nowadays, $2500+) binoculars. It then goes on a little tangent/spiel about buying into Maven's marketing as opposed to the quality of their product; I'm sure that users such as FrankD and Steve who have reviewed hundreds of binoculars are buying into Maven's marketing strategy as opposed to being pleased with the optics...Furthermore, many people on this forum have already expressed why they chose the $1000ish price range - it is a perfect compromise (to them) between the quality of the binocular and price. I asked my girlfriend to read through this post (she uses mid-range binos but has peered through whatever "alpha" binocular I've owned) and her response was simply "Wow, what a snob." I think that kind of behavior is more likely to scare off any new users than the subsequent posts to this thread.</blockquote>