Just FYI my Worst Marine 7x50s have held up pretty well.

Joe Della Barba
Coquina
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis C.
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Stus-List Binoculars

As a rule, I don't buy anything with the West Marine brand unless I KNOW it's 
an unaltered name brand product with the WM log on it.  There aren't a lot of 
those items.

Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA


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From: Jim Watts <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: 1 CnC List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Binoculars

I have the Nikon Ocean Pro 7X50 and they are very nice glasses. I took 
advantage of the warranty when a lens element came unglued, West replaced them 
because Nikon Canada wouldn't deal with them under US warranty. I also have a 
pair of Nikon Sportster 7X50 land glasses that are exceptionally clear and have 
been trouble-free for 20+ years. The Fujinons are nice, I have looked through 
them but never used them on board. I always liked the Steiner binos, very good 
optics, but if I was going to put serious coin into binos I would buy Leica.
When I was working for West Marine, I of course bought their binoculars because 
they were ridiculously cheap for staff and had decent optics. After the third 
pair in two years fogged up internally I gave up and bought the Nikons. We had 
a lot of WM binoculars returned because they leaked, so I should have known 
better.

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