mulligatawny owl
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I'd like to give these another chance as most people seem to rate them and the format is really appealing, but the copy I had was very poor optically even though I specifically emailed Maven to make sure the demo sample they were sending me was a good one. (No complaints about Maven's customer service and communication by the way, they were great)I find I miss the 7x28 mavens too. I'd really prefer a truly pocketable bino than mere compact ones (as these are single hinge) but they did have a nice quality build to them and a strong view. I'm curious what OP ended up doing as well.
The distracting edge blurring of the already tiny FOV I might have been able to put up with had the centre sharpness been ok, but that was extremely poor too.
For context I was comparing them to a Hawke Marine 7x32 and an Opticron traveller BGA 8X32 at the time. The Hawke which I still own has absolutely incredible sharpness, I swear it's actually a freak sample. The Opticron is really nice too but was obviously less sharp than my Hawke. The Maven's view was just dreadful in comparison to both.