Who has the best price on 25 x 100 binoculars?

Apogee has the 25x100's for $249.

Burgess Optical $199.00.
"Larry Brown" wrote in message
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I'm guessing that they all come from the same factory. Anyone know which
dealer has the lowest price? Celestron, of course, is the highest I've
found so far. I found them for $279.00 on one web site during my search
but failed to bookmark the site and lost it.
TIA
L Brown

"Burgess Optical $199.00."

For 25x100's ?

Sorry. They are 22x100 for an introductory $199.
"Myriadimage" wrote in message
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"Burgess Optical $199.00."

For 25x100's ?

22x100's for $199.?

"bayouwolf" wrote in message .com...
Burgess Optical $199.00.
"Larry Brown" wrote in message
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I'm guessing that they all come from the same factory. Anyone know which
dealer has the lowest price? Celestron, of course, is the highest I've
found so far. I found them for $279.00 on one web site during my search
but failed to bookmark the site and lost it.
TIA
L Brown


They may come from the same factory, but you will find that Burgess
does excellent quality control and individually star-tests every pair.
You won't find that with others, and believe me, it makes a
difference. I've had a pair of Burgess 25x100s for about a year and
even though they were rejects (no multicoatings on eyepieces) they
have performed admirably. Excellent for Messiers and non-Messiers like
the Helix; see all of Markarian's Chain in one field of view; and the
moon is loaded with glorious 3-D detail...with just a bit of purple at
the limb. You'll need a heavy-duty parallelogram mount (I use a T&T)
to use these to best advantage. But it's one of the best optical deals
there is today.
Clear skies,
Shneor Sherman

Larry Brown wrote in message ...
I'm guessing that they all come from the same factory. Anyone know which
dealer has the lowest price? Celestron, of course, is the highest I've
found so far. I found them for $279.00 on one web site during my search
but failed to bookmark the site and lost it.
TIA
L Brown

I remember brands like Celestron, Orion, and Pro-Optic that sold for
between $900 to $1200. (Early 90's prices.)

I must wonder now if they were total rip-offs or if the cheaper
(Chinese?) ones currently for sale are not as good.

Yes. Designed by Bill Burgess.

"Myriadimage" wrote in message
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22x100's for $199.?

Pete Rasmussen wrote in message . ..
On 5 Aug 2003 13:24:20 -0700, (Doogie Hoosier)
wrote:

I remember brands like Celestron, Orion, and Pro-Optic that sold for
between $900 to $1200. (Early 90's prices.)

I must wonder now if they were total rip-offs or if the cheaper
(Chinese?) ones currently for sale are not as good.

The new Chinese ones are of course much cheaper from labor and
materials. Also, the 100mm class is less specialized now as was back
then and is an additional reason why cheaper. From what I've seen of
several (up to 70mm), the recent Chinese bargain bino optics are
consistently sharper, better corrected, and with less color than the
older Japanese products. IOW, we are now receiving best of both
worlds.

Pete

A direct comparison would be interesting.

(Shneor Sherman) wrote in message
I'm guessing that they all come from the same factory. L Brown


They may come from the same factory, Shneor Sherman

They DO NOT all come from the same factory. Kevin Busarow has
recently stated that his 22x100 DO NOT come from the same factory as
other U.S. brands. They do come from the same factory that makes his
20x80 Deluxe model.

edz