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anybody used or have experience with Maven B-3, 8x30 binoculars? thanks
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I have a pair. awesome binos.
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Got a pair. They kick ass.
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Fun to fiddle around with the custom colors online too.
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It looks like the kids like these. I am not sure if that means anything about the optics.
I would go slow with this unknown brand.
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It looks like the kids like these. I am not sure if that means anything about the optics.
I would go slow with this unknown brand. so you have no clue. got it...
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The B2 9x45 I tested was VERY good.
Dunno how "unknown" Maven binoculars are, since they've been around for at least a couple of years now. But it is difficult to keep up with all the new optics appearing every year.
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the B-2 impressed me enough to 'gamble' on the B-3
but the wife promptly adopted the B-3s so I really shouldn't have said "I" have them. LOL
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I'm familiar with that optical phenomenon myself!
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Fun to fiddle around with the custom colors online too. just don't get carried away LOL
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Is it possible for one of you gents with a Maven optic to snap a closeup pict of the ocular/eyecups?
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gimme a sec... ok this is B3s on top and the eye cups set down (for eyeglasses). they twist out for no glasses.
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I have a pair. awesome binos. I never understand why people buy a pair of the same binocular? Instead of buying a pair of these binoculars I would suggest buying a 8X and a 10X instead of a pair of either power LOL!
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laffing... is it proper to say I have a binocular?
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Correct the "bi" already means there are to of them. Kind of like saying you're riding a pair of bicycles. Just one of my pet peeves.
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Correct the "bi" already means there are to of them. Kind of like saying you're riding a pair of bicycles. Just one of my pet peeves. point taken. how about "a pair of pliers"? 'pliers' is plural, but we are talking about a single object, and "pair" seems redundant... pair of pants? regardless, i'll make an effort to use the term correctly. and of course, it is my duty to point out that a post correcting somebody's english should have 'two' spelled correctly.
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Correct the "bi" already means there are to of them. Kind of like saying you're riding a pair of bicycles. Just one of my pet peeves. So says the guy who used "to" in place of "two."
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Correct the "bi" already means there are to of them. Kind of like saying you're riding a pair of bicycles. Just one of my pet peeves. So says the guy who used "to" in place of "two." Touche!
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I have the B1, B2, and the B3. I was an early adopter of the 9x45 B2. I agree with JB in that it is a GREAT glass. The same capitalized adjective applies to the B1 and B3. They will seriously compete with anything. I had Swarovski SLC 10x42, SV 8.5x42 and 10x42 as well as the SV 10x50 SV in my personal ownership possession while having the same ownership of the B1, B2, and B3. The reason was primarily for comparison with the big B2, but the B3 seems optically too close to the B2 to matter much. The Maven's remain, the Swarovski's do not. Mostly that is because of the severe rolling ball reaction I get with the over hyped flat field of the SV, I can't use them. Even the SLC could not put the B2 down for the count. To be clear, the Swarovski is in certain ways better, but in certain ways the B2 kicked some butt on its own. My personal go to binocular combo is the 9x45 B2 and the 8x30 B3. They are more two different types than one being clearly better than the other.
Maven is working on a 7x45 B2 and a 6x30 B3. There is also a 15x56 based on the Abbe-Koening prisms in the works too.
In spite of Jerry's personal bile over the customization process, I used it on the B2 and B3, this is a feature that needs to be far more widely offered.
You will not regret the 5 bills for the B3. Eyeglass wearers may have some different reaction. Point is no two eye glass wearers have the same eye relief needs , so you might need to be prepared to send it back if it does not work. However the eye cup assemblies unscrew and 0-rings can be used to extend the er somewhat.
Last edited by SteveC99; 02/08/16.
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