Re: Waxwings


krusty kritter wrote:
> pixi wrote:
>
> > p.s. What are good binocs. I have 9 power but even with the sun shining
> > them, some colors just don't show.
>
> If you want an amazingly bright and compact 10X50 porro prism binocular
> at a ridiculously low price, buy Wal-Mart's Simmons Redline binocs.
> I've had cheap Bushnell and Tasco binocs before, but I'm on my second
> set of Redlines and I'm very happy with them. If there's anything wrong
> with them that some optical expert knows, I just don't care to know
> what it is, the Redlines work so well for me, as I scan the horizon for
> distant raptors.
>
> I've gotten so used to identifying raptors that are a mile away, when I
> looked at a songbird on a tree branch thirty feet above me, I thought,
> "Omigawd, what is that bird? It's as big as a chicken, but it looks
> just like an American Robin!"
>
> The price: only about $25.00, making them a real bargain, after I
> dropped the first Redlines I had, knocking the prisms out of line.
>
> I lost the $90.00 Bushnells and the $50.00 Tascos had rather dim,
> washed out images. I also knocked the prisms out of line in the Tascos....


So my question is---why do you keep dropping binoculars?

I use a Cabela's bino-buddy (or whatever cute name it has now,) a kind
of shoulder harness arrangement which keeps my binoculars safe yet
instantly available.

I once dropped a pair of cheap 7X35's down a hillside. I picked them
up thinking they'd be ruined, but aside from some chipped paint and a
couple of dings on the rims, they continue to work fine to this day, 20
years later. After that incident, I started wearing camera straps and
finally went to the harness style bino keeper.

J. Del Col

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