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Harry Siebert Binoviewer

The last comment above reflects a very old pair of binoviewers from almost 1 1/2 years ago. If I am not mistaken, his particular scope also had a helical focuser. He was sent a modified version of the binos to accomodate his scopes extremely limited focus travel and did not have the standard focuser shaft. These binos have been redesigned completely since his checking them 1 1/2 years ago. The review he mentions on cloudy nights is also under review and should be revised soon. The unit that was examined on cloudy nights was another old unit (over 1 year old). These binos have only been in development and production for roughly 2 years so needless to say that a pair made 1 year ago will be vastly different from those made 6 months ago to present.

Some of changes that have been made is as follows: 1) Eyepiece holders have been replaced with self-centering holders rather than the older eyepiece socket with thumbscrew. Similar to Lumicon and Televue. 2)Lower focuser barrels have been resized to fit snuggly in all but the sloppiest focusers. In addition virtually every aspect has been improved. 3) There is no longer a slide tube adjustment on the right for separate right eyepiece focusing. This has been replaced with sliding the eyepieces in and out of the self centering holder similar to Lumicon and Televue. Although my holder can accomodate eyepieces that have a thinner diameter barrel than Lumicon's, which tend to bottom out before the eyepiece is tight on some of the thinner eyepieces. 4) Baffling and collimation have been perfected in virtually all respects. And 5) The binos are about 3-4 ozs lighter than all of the above mentioned binos at roughly 1 1/2 lbs.

I felt the need to clarify the binos design since as of late a couple of bad reviews have been posted on some rather old pairs of binos. So clarifications on changes need to be made known. All changes made were due to feedback from customers. And even though the comment above was not overly critical it reflected one of the older pairs mentioned. No one has ever been dissatisfied with the binos that have not be refunded their purchase price. If I am not mistaken the one who commented above was refunded and if not mistaken he only kept them 1 day. These do come with a 30 day money back guarantee and 2 year repair warrantee. The vast majority have been extremely happy with their binos. As long as the binos work great for them the fact that some metal plumbing fittings are used does not seem to be an issue. Hopefully anyone dissatisfied with a past pair of binos for any reason will take advantage of their 2 year repair warrantee, especially if they have a older pair that may not be working perfectly for them.

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Date: 12/07/2001 02:55:05 am PST
By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.158.251)
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Yeah, I suspect it was more my fault than Harry's that the
deal didn't go through.  And he did give me a refund.  The
main reasons for returning were for the slop and the 
balance  problems (I couldn't find a suitable counterweight
to my telescope for the binoviewers).  The fact that he
gave a refund and was also willing to customize for my scope
says a whole lot about his service than other retailers
that I've dealt with.

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