Just FYI my Worst Marine 7x50s have held up pretty well. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:57 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Binoculars
As a rule, I don't buy anything with the West Marine brand unless I KNOW it's an unaltered name brand product with the WM log on it. There aren't a lot of those items. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA ________________________________ From: Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com<mailto:paradigmat...@gmail.com>> To: 1 CnC List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 5:32 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Binoculars I have the Nikon Ocean Pro 7X50 and they are very nice glasses. I took advantage of the warranty when a lens element came unglued, West replaced them because Nikon Canada wouldn't deal with them under US warranty. I also have a pair of Nikon Sportster 7X50 land glasses that are exceptionally clear and have been trouble-free for 20+ years. The Fujinons are nice, I have looked through them but never used them on board. I always liked the Steiner binos, very good optics, but if I was going to put serious coin into binos I would buy Leica. When I was working for West Marine, I of course bought their binoculars because they were ridiculously cheap for staff and had decent optics. After the third pair in two years fogged up internally I gave up and bought the Nikons. We had a lot of WM binoculars returned because they leaked, so I should have known better.
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