Longwalker
AH elite
Thanks for all the suggestions and experienced opinions. I'm learning a lot!
Bert, I may have been happier with just buying Swarovski 8x32 EL's to begin with and use them for everything but I like my bigger Swarovski 8.5x42 EL's too much to give them up now.
375fox, I looked at the Maven company. Never heard of them before. Being a USA company is no advantage to me. To a Canadian customer a USA owned and assembled brand is "neutral" at best. But thanks for the suggestion. The Maven 8x30's do not have enough eye relief for use with glasses. However, Maven have a B3 6x30 model that is very interesting indeed.
I am not one who thinks more magnification is always better. High power is certainly no advantage in the bush. So any of the 10x binoculars are not of interest to me for this purpose. The Maven 6x30 have long eye relief, big exit pupil, and may be just what I need to replace my old Minox 6x32 binoculars that died after a couple decades of good service.
That said, the Swarovski 8x30 CL companions are still calling to me... and I also need to look at the Meopta offerings!
Bert, I may have been happier with just buying Swarovski 8x32 EL's to begin with and use them for everything but I like my bigger Swarovski 8.5x42 EL's too much to give them up now.
375fox, I looked at the Maven company. Never heard of them before. Being a USA company is no advantage to me. To a Canadian customer a USA owned and assembled brand is "neutral" at best. But thanks for the suggestion. The Maven 8x30's do not have enough eye relief for use with glasses. However, Maven have a B3 6x30 model that is very interesting indeed.
I am not one who thinks more magnification is always better. High power is certainly no advantage in the bush. So any of the 10x binoculars are not of interest to me for this purpose. The Maven 6x30 have long eye relief, big exit pupil, and may be just what I need to replace my old Minox 6x32 binoculars that died after a couple decades of good service.
That said, the Swarovski 8x30 CL companions are still calling to me... and I also need to look at the Meopta offerings!