[Esseth (Alan)]

G'day I pretty much new to this, but I’m already getting rather into the whole scene. Reading everything I can find about starting up an interest in astronomy. This site has been great in that regard.

So after much much reading I have decided against rushing out and buying a telescope (as much as I want to do it lol) and going to get a decent pair of binoculars either some 12x60's or 11x56's.

So I have two questions that I can’t find the answers to online.

1, I have seen some binoculars with the tag 10x50 HR, what if any is the difference between standard 10x50's and HR ones.

2, I've looked around at several dealers and "Aquila Optical & Electronics (AOE)" seems to be the best value (I found it on the "Binoculars - A Basic Guide for Astronomy" on this site *Awesome guide BTW*), considering I have no experience with it and although I feel a passion. I want to be sure it lasts before I really invest into it. Has anyone had any experience at dealing with AOE?