[phillean]

Thanks DJVERGE and Dennis

I have looked at those sources/references and they are useful, though they mean more as I read more posts.

I am likely to buy from AOE. I need to consider children (9 years to 16 years) holding the binoculars so they can't be more than 1.25kg, preferably lighter and must have long eye relief to make it easy at the beginning. It would be good if these binoculars could be used for other purposes. The AOE 8x56 seems like a good compromise at 105 FOV and 24mm eye relief.

Later I plan to get something like the AOE 20x80T (Triplet Lens) to use on my heavy tripod which has an excellent pan and tilt head.

Any comments on the AOE 8x56 ?

phil