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Bird Watcher's Digest

Mid-Priced Binoculars Review

For Bird Watcher's Digest, January, 2012

by Michael and Diane Porter

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Michael and Diane Porter wrote the following review, which appears in the January, 2012, Bird Watcher's Digest.

This is page 5 of the review.

Testing fit-and-feel

Vanguard EndeavorFit-and-feel. Ergonomics plays a big role in choosing a binocular. Because optical quality has become very good in recent years even in mid-priced binoculars, fit-and-feel may well be the deciding factor in choosing one binocular over another.

In scoring fit-and-feel, here are some of the issues we considered:

Is the binocular comfortable to hold? How does the armor coating feel against the skin? Is it grippy enough, without being annoyingly rough? Do the strap lugs dig into the hand? Are there any sharp edges? Are there any bumps, depressions, or ridges that work well only for a hand of a certain size? Is the binocular well balanced? How intuitively does it aim? How comfortable is it to reach the focus knob?

NEXT: Testing diopters

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