I second Hal's advice.

Good Birding,
https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/
Kevin Lucas
Yakima County, WA

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On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:


> In my experience the best option is to go to a store and try them out side

> by side. Cabela's, Bass Pro, Wild Birds Unlimited and I am sure there are

> others that sell lots of binos. When my wife and I tried out new ones we

> found that, for our particular eyes, price was not the determinant of what

> was best. Seemed that each pair, even superficially of the same power,

> worked differently.

> Hal Michael

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> Olympia WA

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>

>

>

> On 03/24/2024 10:34 AM PDT Christina T bean 4 ever <

> joannabird413 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> Happy spring fellow birders,

> I am considering a purchase of new binoculars and have about $450 to

> spend. I was looking at Zeiss terra Ed 8x42. Would like some input

> regarding those bins or any suggestions for other options. Also, not

> wanting to go to Audubons nature shop for input as the drive is a little

> long

> Thanks so much in advance for your help Christina Tacoma

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