Ben, I've always had excellent service and good pricing from Redlich Optics
in NC. I sent in one pair of Swarovski bins that had been nearly destroyed
in a sandstorm that gritted up the focus and interpupillary mechanisms;
they returned it in tip-top shape. I even sent them most recently my first
pair of birding bins, circa 1963 when I was all of 7, a Sans & Streiffe
that had clearly seen better days. Got it back in beautiful shape for a
50-year-old pair of glasses that saw me through my teenage ornithology
years!
http://redlichbinocular.com/
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Carol and Joe McDaniel <
<mcdanieljandc...> wrote:
> I have some old Trinovids that needed replacement eyepiece lenses. Got
> them from Leica (Leitz) with no problems. This was about 15 years ago, but
> I suspect the service is still excellent.
>
> I currently have some Nikon Monarchs that I just got completely replaced
> with new ones for $23 even though my bins were way out-of-warranty! The
> collimation was out-of-whack and I sent them in for repair (which would
> have been $35, max). They determined that the repair was not a reliable
> fix and offered to replace my bins with new ones!!!! While the replacement
> took about 3 months (apparently, it took that long for the Japanese factory
> to make some new ones -- that model is no longer being regularly
> manufactured). I just got them back yesterday and they are perfect! The
> old adage that one gets what one pays for is certainly true of good bins.
> Not only are they more reliable and better optically (generally), the
> service is incredible.
>
> Joe McDaniel
> Garrett County
>
> ps: we still have common redpolls (and snow -- they seem to go together).
>
>
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