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Thanks guys for all the comments, reports and suggestions.
I've ended up with some York Optical 10 x 50s, which are quite solid and I'm very pleased with their performance. In the first few seconds of looking at The Pleiades, which were low in the sky, and with the binos hand-held, I easily saw some 8+ mag stars. On a tripod, and once again with the cluster at only about 20 degrees elevation, I could see a mag 9+ star.
I'll have to investigate the parallelogram-type mounts, because the tripod is not suitable for high elevations. The banana lounge sounds good too!
Cheers,
Chris
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