Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 20:51:17 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Christian Kessler Subject: Re: Testing Binoculars MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit if you are a member of the American Birding Association [and just possibly if you are not, you'd have to ask them] they will send you two [and maybe more, I only asked for two] pairs of bins for you to "test drive" -- you then can return what you don't want -- including all of them. I did this several years ago and was very taken with the Swarovksi's when tested against a comparable pair [both products have significantly changed since, so my choice irrelevant to your options]. ABA is at www.americanbirding.org. you should also read [no www.] betterviewdesired.com for reviews and how to analyze your options. [the guy who writes it now has a commercial relationship with one firm that sells at discount over the web. I recently bought a Nikon scope from them and got very good & quick service, but Eagle Optics is also very good, among others. but I did so because Nikon has gotten churlish about who they will sell thru. for bins I would likely go to ABA again.] jck Abbie Banks wrote: > In a message dated 5/2/2002 10:26:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > ABTrowbridge@MSN.COM writes: > > > It seems so tacky to test-run every pair in a store and then surf > > the web for a better price. On the other hand, I really can't > > afford to make a thousand dollar mistake. maryanne dolan > > washington dc > > abtrowbridge@msn.com > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================