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Harbor Freight is a great place to buy stuff that you don't mind loaning to unreliable people or if (when?) it is stolen out of your truck toolbox. Well, the wood workbenches aren't bad and the plastic storage boxes are pretty good too.
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I think I have a cordless drill that came from that outfit.
It is a total POS, battery is a joke.
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I bought the $75 framing nailer when I started working on my house. Built two porches, sheeted my roof, etc. Went through three or four boxes of nails and no problems so far.
There's a harbor freight store near by so you can check it out before you buy. Some stuff chit, and other stuff is less schitty.
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Don't even try to compare cheap tools to cheap optics.
There is a big difference.
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Ben, well you certainly got your money out of that purchase.
Farmboy, the bino's I ordered are gonna be a cheap tool.
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I love the ones with the big rose colored lenses... 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I got home a little while ago and the bino's were here, just gave them a quick look see.
$45 10x42 Bushnell Sportviews and a mini set of $15 8x21 Simmons.
In a sweet plastic case.
Provided they don't fog up the 10x42's are gonna be fine for a quick glance. Fuzzy edges, sloppy focus wheel(or whatever it's called), but definitely good enough for their intended purpose.
Judging a 2 minute trial period they get a 5 star rating.
The 8x21's might be able to tell if it's a cow or a dark juniper bush from a couple miles away. My wife claimed them.
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"focus wheel".....I like it!  I'll bet those mini-Simmons are Uber-sweet!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I bought a set of Zeiss binos here at the 'fire for $30 a couple years ago. 6x24 WWII-era binos. Sent them to a restoration service back East and they came back perfect. $87 for the restoration, but they are the best small binos I own. My kids LOVE them.
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter 
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I love the ones with the big rose colored lenses... I used rose colored tasco's for a few years as a young hunter.still managed to kill a few critters. one of my first branch antlered bulls..found him with the tasco's.. ![[Linked Image]](http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg342/steveberrett/IMG_0008-1.jpg)
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Loose focus and fuzzy edges, sure that wasn't the bud light
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Loose focus and fuzzy edges, sure that wasn't the bud light Bud light and the woman he took home that night...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Loose focus and fuzzy edges, sure that wasn't the bud light Ben, Bud Light helps with the focus, that's just part of what makes it so great. I did a quick test from my house. Stop sign 1165 yards away.... I could tell it was a stop sign with the $15 Simmons 8x21's.... The $45 Bushnells allowed me to distinguish the letters were white. Some fancy 8x42's allowed me to actually read the letters.
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Sounds like they'll work good for cows (black blobs), but might not be as nice for deer (brush).
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The 8x21 will be able to see blobs.
10x was supposed to be for reading ear tags but they might be too chitty.....grin
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