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wogpotter · April 5, 2012, 03:07 PM

Sadly the old "You get what you pay for" is becoming less & less true as everything is being made in (insert 3rd world country here) & re-branded as a major brand.

Look carefully in all the odd corners when you but a binocular from (insert major Japanese manufacturer's brand here)There is a very good chance it was actually re-branded from brand-X!

Its over $100, but I bought a set of 8X42 Cabela's Alpha Extreme full sized a few years back & they are (or rather were) exactly the same as a major Jap brand for $100 more & for only another $450 I could have had a major German high quality label stuck on them.

I've had them a while & they are excellent glasses & have had zero problems despite of hard use quite a lot or the time.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104217480

Check out some of the store brands, they are secret sleepers nowadays.

April 5, 2012, 03:07 PM	#5
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	Sadly the old "You get what you pay for" is becoming less & less true as everything is being made in (insert 3rd world country here) & re-branded as a major brand. Look carefully in all the odd corners when you but a binocular from (insert major Japanese manufacturer's brand here)There is a very good chance it was actually re-branded from brand-X! Its over $100, but I bought a set of 8X42 Cabela's Alpha Extreme full sized a few years back & they are (or rather were) exactly the same as a major Jap brand for $100 more & for only another $450 I could have had a major German high quality label stuck on them. I've had them a while & they are excellent glasses & have had zero problems despite of hard use quite a lot or the time. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104217480 Check out some of the store brands, they are secret sleepers nowadays. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”