Hi All,
With the horrible Dollar/Euro exhange rate, I wondered if the associated high prices have finally pushed most of the Americans out of the new bin market.
Is it used bins on E-Bay for the foreseeable future for us Americans? (not that it would hurt us to save some money!)
Just wondering if anyone in the States was planning to buy a new pair of Z/L/S bins.
Thanks,
Steffan
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Just wondering if anyone in the States was planning to buy a new pair of Z/L/S bins.[/quote]
Certainly not me. I think an American company, Vortex, is beating all those in terms of price/performance ratio. Their Viper and Razor lines, for example, have been especially well reviewed. Another American company, Leupold, also looks to have some nice offerings that compare favorably with the big three in terms of price/performance. (Though I have not personally tried the products of the latter).
My two cents,
Jim
Sure, Vortex is a company, but when discussing the "nationality" of optics, I think it would be more accurate to call Vortex an American brand on Japanese and Chinese binoculars. I don't care much about country of origin myself, but to me European glass refers to binos manufactured and made by European manufacturers in Europe. Similarly, Nikon's best have generally been made in Japan, so those models are truly Japanese binoculars.
--AP