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Ammo Smith
- Mar 11, 2013
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The Minox binoculars I ordered from Cameralandny came today after a UPS mix up in Philadelphia PA transfer depot.
These were an open box special and I'm a sucker for specials when they are a 50% discount :grin:. When I took them out of the box I thought dang they are heavy(760gm)
shipping weight was 3#. I was comparing them to my old Bushnell sport views and made in China Leopolds I have handled . Minox says they are made from magnesium for lighter weight. I do believe the roof prism bino is heavier than the porro style or that is what I read but don't know they conversion from metric.
First impression was that the are compact compared to some of the 10X42 I've handled.
It's heavy over cast here today so I took them out to have a look see. They are very bright and I could see into heavy brush and threw tree tops for several hundred yards and close up I could see into a fur tree I have in the yard that is very thick. The colors are sharp and clear and there is no flaring or obvious black edges around the outside edge of the lens. The eye cups rotate out to adjust for wearing glasses or to get the right eye relief distance. I will also note that they don't adjust as wide as some to fit your eye width spacing but was not a problem for me. They come with rubber lens caps front and rear. the rear being one piece while the front are individual lens caps, the rear have a loop where you can run the neck strap threw so they stay with the binos and doesn't get lost. I may have to change that if it gets in the way and same for the front covers also but to replace them with Butler Creek caps would add more weight.
When installing the neck strap I ran into a problem. The problem was the loop for the strap didn't come out of the mold clean and there was still metal in the slot that needed to be removed before the strap would fit. Hmm so much for quality control and I hope that is the only problem I run into though it was easily remedied with a jewelers file. They come with a 30yr warranty so I should be good to go if a problem arises.
The next thing I noticed was all the German markings (Minox Gmbh)and no where was made in China to found on these. Some of their models specifically state made in Germany in their adds and description.
I think I got more than my moneys worth compared to some I've handled.
These were an open box special and I'm a sucker for specials when they are a 50% discount :grin:. When I took them out of the box I thought dang they are heavy(760gm)
shipping weight was 3#. I was comparing them to my old Bushnell sport views and made in China Leopolds I have handled . Minox says they are made from magnesium for lighter weight. I do believe the roof prism bino is heavier than the porro style or that is what I read but don't know they conversion from metric.
First impression was that the are compact compared to some of the 10X42 I've handled.
It's heavy over cast here today so I took them out to have a look see. They are very bright and I could see into heavy brush and threw tree tops for several hundred yards and close up I could see into a fur tree I have in the yard that is very thick. The colors are sharp and clear and there is no flaring or obvious black edges around the outside edge of the lens. The eye cups rotate out to adjust for wearing glasses or to get the right eye relief distance. I will also note that they don't adjust as wide as some to fit your eye width spacing but was not a problem for me. They come with rubber lens caps front and rear. the rear being one piece while the front are individual lens caps, the rear have a loop where you can run the neck strap threw so they stay with the binos and doesn't get lost. I may have to change that if it gets in the way and same for the front covers also but to replace them with Butler Creek caps would add more weight.
When installing the neck strap I ran into a problem. The problem was the loop for the strap didn't come out of the mold clean and there was still metal in the slot that needed to be removed before the strap would fit. Hmm so much for quality control and I hope that is the only problem I run into though it was easily remedied with a jewelers file. They come with a 30yr warranty so I should be good to go if a problem arises.
The next thing I noticed was all the German markings (Minox Gmbh)and no where was made in China to found on these. Some of their models specifically state made in Germany in their adds and description.
I think I got more than my moneys worth compared to some I've handled.
