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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rosbifs" data-source="post: 3609563" data-attributes="member: 35084">Great bins. I did a swap out with my father and niece in a three way move - I got the Zeiss. They are great but, and this is a small but, I find my previous Bins (Delta) were quicker to find a bird - what I mean by that is I could raise them straight to a subject in woods or otherwise but I can't with the Zeiss - and secondly they are heavy. Optically they are fantastic.What's more I had to send them off for repair after the dog mauled them - he can open zips on rucksacks - and they were repaired as new FOC!!! I was expecting a 300£ quote but they came back 'NEW' for free. Unbelievable service.They get a hammering from me (probably don't deserve them) for example they are currently under my rucksack in the boot of the car and they have not seen the inside of their case for years.I have tried other newer alphas but these are comfortable around the eyes and I could never justify changing out. I have a second pair of cheaper bins for mountain walks though (bought whilst waiting for said pair to be repaired) which are lighter - great but in the wind not as stable in the hand as Zeiss.....</blockquote>