Boy was I wrong

Poor people will buy everything three times, because they try to save money at each stage. It helps keep them poor.

1) First buy a total POS. Try to convince themselves that it is "good enough".

2) Next buy the midrange that they should have bought in the first place. They may have a bit of buyers remorse because it cost a lot of money and there is a nagging doubt about whether there was enough improvement to be worthwhile. This goes away when he gets used to the new ones and tries to look through the old ones again. The money sting is gone, and he can't understand how he put up with stage 1 for a minute. He is happy because he's not a stage 1 retard, and is infinitely smarter than a stage 3 elitist bastard with "more money than brains". MMTB is defined as anyone with more money than our stage 2 guy.

3) At this stage, if he makes it, our optics buyer will be exposed to some quality optics. Its entirely possible that they are ancient, and that he realizes that the elitist bastard has been quietly packing his quality optics around for 30 years and they are still much better than his stage 2 glass ever was. He may perhaps realize that Mr stage 3 has less money invested per year than he does and that the stage 3 have an actual retained value on top of that. This is different than the S1s that have been in a landfill for years and the S2s that he would struggle to get a dollar out of five back on.
 
Don't forget that in stage two they have compared their optics beside stage 3 optics and feel theirs are superior and in fact heard they were built in the same factory....lol
 
I got lucky in this regard. I wanted a decent pair of binos and decided to check into it. One horse town problem, nothing to compare to. So I go into Sears Photography back in the day, only place that anybody knew anything about optics I could speak to. He shows me my price range, hopefully under $200 at the time. I wasn't too impressed and noticed his best pair. He WARNED me not to look through them because if I did I would walk away $400 poorer. Holy crap what a difference. Yeah, I left with them and still glad I did. A couple of months later I was talking to a guy that owned a pair of nearly $2000 Swarovski's so I compared them. The Bushnell Discoverer's I bought were almost as good, seriously. Mine are 7X and his are 10X so it is a difficult comparison but since his are 10X and as bright and clear, his wins. The higher the mag the harder it is to maintain brightness and clarity. His also were better suited for hunting, the eye cups are better. However, $400 vs $2000 is a no brainer if youdon't have 2 grand.

I just looked through a cheapo pair from Can Tire. Very impressed for $40 on sale, and I mean very impressed. I think I will pick an emergency spare for myself and a couple up for the kids, maybe they will respect them, if not not much loss.
 
sheephunter said:
Don't forget that in stage two they have compared their optics beside stage 3 optics and feel theirs are superior and in fact heard they were built in the same factory....lol
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That's where they have a lot of practice at self delusion, because they practiced their denial techniques when they were stage 1. Sadly, stage three is not in the cards for everyone.
 
I always thought all binoculars were pretty much the same until I had the opportunity to look through a high end pair. I was blown away by the clarity and brightness. But even more impressive was the fact that you could look through them for hours with no eye strain. Cheap binoculars will suck the eyes out of your head.

I agree with all the comments here. Spend till it hurts, and then go farther. You will never regret it.

B.
 
Kane519 said:
I'm curious which mid range ones would you steer them towards?

OP, here's another spot to do some research reading: http://opticsthoughts.com/?page_id=678
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That was fully 15years ago and the market has changed a lot. I did sell lots of the Pentax DCF 8x40 and 10x40. But as I said, Vortex wasn't available nor did I know about Kowa which I really want to try out given the superb quality of their spotters. Kowa would be my first choice today. Birders know best.
 
This make me think of the S&B riflescopes... Kind of a paradox but when you cross the line, you cant go back... JP.
 
One good way to rate a set of binoculars is to look at the stars on a dark, clear night.

Cheap and even middle of the road sets will show each star to be slightly fuzzy and maybe even multicoloured.

A really good set will show each star as a pinpoint of light and the binaries, clusters and galaxies will stand out , even at low power. I think it has something to do with matching types of glass to counter any abherrasion .
 
I just bought a set of Kowa Genesis 8x44 from optics planet for 950 (got them during a sale + a 5% off coupon). I don't have a lot of experience with optics but I'm satisfied with my purchase and I haven't been able to find any negatives yet. They're crystal clear and a pleasure to look through for long periods of time. My next purchase will be a Kowa spotting scope. Just have to save up some funds.
 
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