I grew up on 7x35 porros as was the norm once upon a time. I still prefer 7x; just easier to look through for whole minutes at a time.

For me all my binocs are "truck binocs" so top-dollar Swaros or Ziess haven't been in the plan.

Fortunately even the moderately-priced stuff has only gotten better over the years. What rides in my car and what were strapped to my chest during my 1,500 mile bicycle trip in Europe last summer is a pair of 7x36 Atlas Intrepids, IIRC about $300 on sale from Eagle Optics.

When I was a young man they would have been considered excellent, but the way binocs are today they are just average, which is still pretty durned decent.

Birdwatcher

Last edited by Birdwatcher; 01/02/17.
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