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Birders around the world are united by their passion for glass, by which I mean high-end optics. We crave ever more advanced binoculars, spurring our favorite optics manufacturers to increasingly miraculous innovations (insert your favorite new binocular here!) So why do so many of us still carry our marvels of modern optical technology around our [...]

“The most outstanding binoculars I have ever seen” and “unexpectedly comfortable and stable”.  I cannot tell you how many times I have heard this recently. Which is a good thing. It helps me sleep and puts my little heart at ease. The last couple of weeks have been nuts. The EL50 Swarovisions went in to [...]

Why would Swarovski Optik decide to completely revamp their classic EL line of binoculars?  Birders all over the world can be forgiven for asking this question, as the original ELs are renowned for being a quality piece of glass.  The reason, of course, is that the engineers and mad scientists squirreled away in Swarovski Optik’s [...]

When MyBinocularHarness contacted us at 10,000 Birds about reviewing their binocular harness I was skeptical.  I always thought that those who wear a binocular harness looked a bit dorky and weren’t helping birders overcome the not-so-flattering view that many have of our pastime.  But I was volunteered to review the harness and several days later [...]

After getting my golden ticket I was on cloud nine.  A free trip to Swarovski Optiks American Headquarters with a bunch of other bird bloggers, along with a all-day birding excursion to South Beach on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is, well, a pretty exciting way to spend a couple of days.  It beats the heck [...]