Broken Binoculars.

[Dan Salter]

Too late and thanks for giving me such a high price! i presume that was per hour?

[outdoorguy]

i just brought two pairs of bins from tk maxx.. barska.. one pair 8 x 32s which cost me 20 quid.. saw them online for about 55 - 104 pounds.. second pair are 12 x 50s.. got them for 30 quid.. online they are about 130 pounds in a few shops.. both pairs are exellent.. easily as good as my bushnell ones.. if not better... i imagine both pairs together cost less than ur repair bill would.. so if ur near one try popping in there.. also jessops have some half price deals at the moment... hope u get it sorted one way or another.... also i have a pair of bushnell 10 x 50s that i've been tryin to sell on ebay.. want about 50 quid for them.. cost 110.. hope this helps... james

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Hmmm , yes thanks guys...(gals?)

I had not ever intended on sending them to bushnell for repair or back to the place i bought them as they are both in the states...

I guess i should contact the postal repair peeps and get some rough prices to see if its financially worth doing or they are written off....would be a shame though as they have been great (until now...obviously) and would like to hang onto them as a spare pair of for friends to use on birding/wildlife trips.

Now how can i raise the £900 ish pounds for some Ultravids in green or some swarovski's?...

Have you any contents insurance Dan? I claimed on our house contents when our Canon binoculars broke. I had to pay the excess, but far cheaper than getting them repaired.

[DavyG]

Dan,

If you have to find a replacement pair, try checking eBay before purchasing.

I bought a new pair of 8x42 Bushnell Trophy binos, (waterproof, camo, nitrogen filled), from there for a fraction of the retail cost.

If I recall correctly, I believe I paid around £35.00.

Dave

[Meta menardi]

Try searching for Monks optics, they readjusted my very wonky 1900 dated 10x30 bins for £40 and they are brill now. I thought it was a good price, and they were my Grandads so they are bit special. They may be a little long in the tooth, but they are so small.

I also have some own brand bins from 7dayshop, nitrogen filled etc, they were £17.50 new.

Heavy and fiddly focus, but better than nowt.

[stripee]

I had a bushnell night scope which I lost on a rainy night and by the morning was useless. It would have had to have been sent to Germany for repair as I got the scope off ebay and the "guarantee" was finished as it turned out the scope was old stock. This put me off getting another scope from ebay I bought a new one online...
I agree with other posts, buy some new binoculars, as with many things, getting them repaired unless you can do it yourself, is hardly worth it

[Dan Salter]

Thanks everyone....as i said before i am planning this year to buy some proffesional level bins anyway....but...as this pair was £200 ish i thought it worth paying £30-£50 to get them repaired as a spare set?...

if its gonne be more than that ill just buy something quick until such time i can buy some decent bins.

[Hobjob]

Viking optical, (l;inked with RSPB) have repaired two pairs for me.

One, some old admiralty bins, 10 x 50 that wre filthy and out of
alignment - £80

Pair of 5 yr old RSPB bins, which needed new eyepieces
(african dust "cleaned" with a hankie!) cost about £60

Very efficient, but I could deliver and collect as I live close.

[thunder]

Originally Posted by wildmanofthewoods

i recently bought a pair of bushnell bins, armoured. i dropped them on my living room carpet, doh! theres a small fixed washer between the eyepieces and the main body, this seems to be very brittle as it broke.

I dropped my compact Leica bins on to a concrete floor twice, with the result that the two barrels were very loose (though focusing was unimpaired). I took them to the Rutland Bird Fair two or three years ago and a nice man on the Leica stand adjusted them on the spot - gratis.

henrya

[Manitou]

Here is a good link explaining the collimation of binoculars. It has helped me return my set of Nikon TraveliteIII's to working order.
Cheers

“Collimating” Binoculars - How To

Manitou