Need help to buy a new pair of binos ...

08 March 2005, 04:46

Hi you all

I am intending to buy a new pair of binos ... after quite a long search I decided upon the IOR 10x50 BUT I cannot find any reseller (at least not reccomandable or having them quite expensive)

Would you please reccomend me any reseller where I could buy them

? It has to accept internet (& international)orders and overseas shipping ....

I used to had very good experiences at SWFA

, but cannot contact Chris Farris any more ... and saddly his colaborators donÂ´t appear to find international orders very interesting

Thank you all in advance

08 March 2005, 06:56

wildboar

You could try with Bearbasin Outfitters (http://www.bearbasin.com/). I bought several rifle scopes from them, and I believe that they appreciated the business - Lorenzo

09 March 2005, 18:25

carpetman

Afrikaander. Back in late 60's I bought a pair of B&L's when they were THE ones to buy--still made in USA. Still have them and they are as good as ever. So my knowledge of where or what to buy nowdays is zero. I do have a couple of points though. The 10 powers might work for you? My son in law has a pair of 10's possibly 12's and he can get right on what he is looking for. I tried them and had avery difficult time picking up what I was looking at. You may want a lower power???? The other thing is even on small bino's get the Bino Buddy or some such strap. The kind that goes over shoulders like suspenders vs a strap around your neck. It makes huge difference in how comfortable they are and it holds them to your chest where they dont bounce around. Son in law described it as "must have" equipment and I had to agree with him after trying it.

09 March 2005, 20:22

<boreal>

quote:

Would you please reccomend me any reseller where I could buy them ? It has to accept internet (& international)orders and overseas shipping ....

You might want to try:
http://www.binoculars.com

09 March 2005, 20:37

WyoJoe

quote:
Originally posted by Afrikaander:
Hi you all

I am intending to buy a new pair of binos ... after quite a long search I decided upon the IOR 10x50 BUT I cannot find any reseller (at least not reccomandable or having them quite expensive)

Would you please reccomend me any reseller where I could buy them ? It has to accept internet (& international)orders and overseas shipping ....

I used to had very good experiences at SWFA , but cannot contact Chris Farris any more ... and saddly his colaborators donÂ´t appear to find international orders very interesting

Thank you all in advance

Have you tried on e-Bay? They might have some up for auction.

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10 March 2005, 04:59

Afrikaander

Thank you guys, but not binoculars.com nor ebay have them .... any other suggestion will be appreciated !

10 March 2005, 08:27

Skinner.

How about from Valdada themselves, their site says they ship internationally.

Valdada-IOR Optics

12 March 2005, 04:25

Marty

Try Quality Optics. I can't remember the URL, but a good guy and reasonable prices. Maybe someone here can recall the web address.

13 March 2005, 17:06

jimmyd223

Afrikaander , I have a brand new pair of the 10X40 at the gun show, I will dig out the paper work and see if I can get you some sort of contact info. I will get back to you this eve.

13 March 2005, 19:19

Timny

The cheapest prices I found on optics is from natchezss.

15 March 2005, 16:24

Afrikaander

Valdada is my last option, since his prices arenÂ´t so good ...

15 March 2005, 16:27

Afrikaander

quote:
Originally posted by jimmyd223:
Afrikaander , I have a brand new pair of the 10X40 at the gun show, I will dig out the paper work and see if I can get you some sort of contact info. I will get back to you this eve.

Thank you for your offer, jimmy !
I am looking forward for that contact info ... for my purposes 10x40 is just as good

...

15 March 2005, 16:37

Afrikaander

quote:
Originally posted by Marty:
Try Quality Optics. I can't remember the URL, but a good guy and reasonable prices. Maybe someone here can recall the web address.

Yes, now I remembered some folks in here talked quite nicely about him .... jim maloney, if I recall correctly ... Thanks Marty !

15 March 2005, 17:59

jimmyd223

Afrikaander, here's a link to IOR which shows the pair I have anlong with a contact phone for IOR. The ones I have are the black ones. I have looked through them and the optic's are really outstanding. If I wasn't a Leica junkie I would keep the IOR's

15 March 2005, 18:01

jimmyd223

IOR link

http://www.valdada.com/vn/ior/01h

16 March 2005, 05:33

Afrikaander

Thank you Jimmy

Actually my only concern with Valdada itself is that I have seen this very same pair of binos at least one hundred cheaper ... the fact is that the places I saw those prices didnÂ´t accept international credit cards as payment methods

- eliminating thus my internet purchase option ...

seems that my new IOR binos would have to wait till my next trip to USA (in six months or so

)

If I cannot control my anxiety, seems Valdada would be the chosen one ...

Thank you all