Hello,
Been looking for these Meopta 7x42s and found them at only $619...
Too good to be true? These are selling for $799 elseware.
http://www.binoware.com/show_bino.php?11201001
8x42s are at $689. You have to hit the shopping cart tio see the actual price.
Cheers
I believe there is nothing else on the market at this price that compares in quality.
Only complaints are the lousy rain guards and objective covers but the former is easily remedied with a cheap universal cover.
John
PS.- Have you noticed that the FOV of the 8x42 is identical to that of the 7x42?
I was told by a Meopta representative that the prism design of the 42mm B1s was optimized for 8x magnification.
That price is definitely lower than the typical price for those bins at most retailers. However I can think of at least one place that was selling them for less than $799. I think it was Eurooptics.com. They do not have their prices listed on the website but you can email for a price list. I think several of the Meostar models were in the low to mid $700s.
John,
Just as a side not I found that the Vortex Razor "wrap around" objective covers fit the Meostar, and the Leica BN for that matter, quite nicely.