"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Anyone have a pair of small binoculars you either love or hate, and want
to tell me about them? It's my son's birthday in 2 weeks and he's getting
binoculars for backpacking, unless I cook up a better idea between now and
then.


Best small ones I have used were the Nikons. I have a Bushnell and one
other one now, and both are bad. Both have problems mechanically with the 2
halves moving in relation to the other half. My small Nikon was stolen from
the car, and need a small pair so bought the Bushnell. Was given the other
pair. My large 8x42 are Nikon ATB's.