[Blue Skies (Jacquie)]

I was once observing with someone who reckoned he saw the Helix naked eye! Granted that he was a very experienced observer and it was an exceptionally dark sky that night, but I've never heard of anyone else doing it since (of some friends seeing certain galaxies naked eye I have some much more believable stories). I would say it is probably your local sky conditions that are letting you down, not the binos.