Harlan Lachman wrote:
In article ,
Mys Terry wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:53:21 GMT, "Lester Evans"
wrote:

For my little old sailboat. Coastal cruising along the New England coast.
I took a look on ebay. Wow,, there were binoculars and there were
binoculars. Many brands, so many I gave up looking.

What do you experienced cruisers use?

Thanks,,


Fujinon makes 7x50 binocs with a rubberized skin, that are waterproof
and nitrogen filled for under $100. They also re-label essentially the
same ones for various retailers, such as Defender, and West Marine.
For reading numbers off of navaids and such, they are fine. I would
recommend not going any higher than 7 power, though. 7x50 is pretty
much the standard for what you will be doing with them.

I concur with one exception. I bought a pair of the Fujinon's after
their great write up in one of the Practicals. For most usage they work
great.

However, based solely on observation, if you are going to be doing a lot
of night cruising, I found the night (or rather dusk) vision not as good
as some of those really pricey kinds.

If you are doing that type of cruising, you might want to consider the
pricey brands or a night vision system as a supplement.

h


Can you share the model number and source of Fuji
waterproof, 7x50 binoculars under $100?

Thanks.

Chuck

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