Re: Binoculars.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:28 pm
I have been very disapointed in the build quality of Zeiss in the last 10 years; last year I supplied a pair (£2k) to a bird watching customer, he bought them back after 3 months as the focusing felt very rough & gritty.Ovenpaa wrote:My Father has been using the same set of Zeiss for 30+ years now without issues. My concern would be how well a new pair would compare to something built 40 years ago, regardless of what the manufacturers say things do change and not always for the better. I use Steiner, both civilian and military versions and they work well however the military are looking tatty these days. Will both last 50 years, possibly the civilian version yes.
To be fair they did replace the glass but you would not expect a £2k binocular to have problems of any sort!
