@ perterraED and DadradeFrance
A few years ago, before you joined this thread, there were some complaints about the focuser wheel on the Sightron 8x32 II Blue Sky. In fact, for a while, it seemed that finding one with a smooth focuser was about as hit and miss as finding a Swarovski with a smooth focuser! But at this price point, sample variation runs rampart, so it was clear that if you bought one, you'd better buy it from a store with a good return policy, no restocking fees or such. it was important to have your eyes open going in, and that's my job as Reality Checker.
But over the years, it seems, there have been less complaints about stiff focusers on this bin. So either buyers learned to live with this glitch as a trade-off for the good "bang for the buck" the optics offer, or Sightron has worked on the issue and improved their QC. Impossible to say, really. I'd have to go back through over 800 posts and I still might not find out, because, as Frank said above, personal preferences come into play, so someone with a Sightron Blue Sky with a stiff focuser might not even know that it's stiff, and just think that he was getting arthritis in his fingers (which, ironically, might have been accelerated by the stiff focuser!).
I'm just busting Frank's chops (not sure how to translate that into French), because he holds the BF record for the longest thread on one bin. In fact, Frank singlehandedly put Sightron on the map. I don't know if he's getting a commission for all those BS's that he sold, but if not, he should since he's done more to promote the brand, and this model, in particular, than the company's advertising.
Before he discovered this new "star," people didn't know Sightron or thought it was a remake of the movie
Tron. Those who bought one and kept it owe Frank a debt of gratitude because he's "da man" when it comes to finding those "hidden treasures," i.e., affordable bins that pack more punch than their price tag would suggest. Frank is the Duke of Cheap, the Earl of Affordability, the Burgermeister of Bargains, the Prince of Paupers. :clap:
As to the Sightron 8x25, if it turns out to be as good a bargain as the 8x32 model, I would suggest another thread, because when this thread finally gets archived in the year 2525, and someone searches for the 8x25, he's not going to find it, but rather a thread on the 8x32 model, and he will have to dig through 80,000 posts to find where the reviews of the 8x25 model start! Just thinking of the next generation!
@ Frank, I look forward to reading your review of the 8x25. Hope it's a CL Killer!
Brock
