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Originally Posted by LIV2HUNT
Was fortunate enough to spend and entire week with almost the complete Zen-Ray line, at the end of the week about all I could say was "WOW" very impressive


more please! I am planning to spend up to $250 on binoculars. Would like to know if the ZRS HD is really as good as everyone said.

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I ended up with a pair of Leupold cascades and I am very pleased with them. They were actually a gift but just the same they are a nice glass with great light gathering in an 8x42. Thanks for all the suggestions.


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A great binocular on the used market are the older Nikon/Nippon Kogakus from the mid-late 60s. These are old style porro prisms, no armor, but are light and typically very sharp. I have a couple pairs of 8x30s and a 9x35, all three excellent, have traveled many miles afoot with them around my neck.

For comparison, my standby binoc is a 10x40 Swarovski I bought new in 1983 in Austria - these are very close to the old Nikons, and I have yet to look through glass better than my old Swaros. All of the Nikons of which I speak here cost less than $150, one less than $100, on Ebay several years ago. Prowl Ebay for these, they are worth the trouble. Yeah, you probably can't take them scuba diving, and non-armored porros today are like wearing bell bottom pants. But if you want good glass cheap that will last, look through a pair.

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