[pct-l] Re: pct-l Digest, Vol 34, Issue 1

[wpsnotebook at charter.net (Richard Woods)]

I use Pentax 8X25 UCF XII binoculars, about 13 oz. without the case.  
Adjust well to both glasses and bare eyeballs, highly rated by  
Consumer Reports.
Rick

On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:06 AM, pct-l-request@mailman.backcountry.net  
wrote:

> From: Coylescrmnt3@aol.com
> Date: January 31, 2006 11:16:11 PM PST
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Re: Binoculars
>
>
> Denise from Louisiana, comment ca va-You are right, 8x40 binoculars  
> are
> preferable to 8x20 binoculars in low light situations.  I have a  
> pair of  8x40
> binoculars and they are great for dawn and dusk use, but they are   
> unfortunately,
> too bulky and heavy for overnight  backpacking applications.  A  
> good 8x40
> binocular, like the Eagles you  mentioned, weights about 24 oz as  
> opposed to 8 oz
> for the 8x20 Zeiss Victory  binoculars I mentioned.  Some  
> lightweight and
> most ultralight backpackers  would even consider 8 oz too heavy for  
> binoculars.
> The original poster was  asking about binoculars to take on long  
> extended
> backpacking trips and I think a  24 oz binocular is just too heavy  
> for that.  The
> Eagles you mentioned are  nice binoculars though.