“Swarovski stellt Top-Ferngläser her, sie sind perfekt geeignet zur Vogelbeobachtung.
Äusserst hohe Qualität.
Schnelle Lieferung, ab der Bestellung wird man bis zum Eintreffen sehr gut auf dem Laufenden gehalten.”
“The EL 10x42s look nice, and the optics are excellent, but the eye cups, strap, and armoring are all a thorn in my side. And as the price of these binoculars has risen, the warranty has shrunk. Items which used to be covered, or replaced for free, now cost money. The eye cups have nice indents, which when new and clean, rotate up and down to provide both eyeglass wearers and those with perfect eyes a great field of view. Unfortunately, I live in a dusty environment (Yuma, AZ), and dust and grit work their way into the rotating/telescoping eye cups. And there is no way that I know of to clean them. After a while, I can no longer rotate them up, and instead the entire eye cup winds up getting unscrewed. So the design works great in clean environments, but falls short where I live. In the past, when the rubber ring around the eye cup cracked or broke on my Habicht 10x42s, I would call up Swarovski, and someone would send me replacement eye cups forthwith. When I called earlier this year to request new eye cups to replace my stuck/non-functioning eye cups on my EL 42s, I was informed that these are now for sale as spare parts, for the nifty price of $55.00 each. The new style of strap on the EL 10x42s is a braided cord with a thick soft shoulder/neck cushion. A pin and loop connector attach the cord to the binoculars. Although it looks terrific and is no doubt strong as steel, it winds up getting twisted almost every time I put the binoculars on the passenger seat beside me. To untwist the cord, I found the quickest way was to pick up the binoculars and then rotate the cord either clockwise/counterclockwise around one of the connector pins. If I don't undo the twisting, there is no way I can get the strap over my head or onto my shoulder. The untwisting routine takes time, and is most frustrating when I have to do it over and over again. The straps on my other Swarovski binoculars would also get twisted, but they were much quicker and easier to untwist--often just hanging the binoculars from the top of the strap would do it. Thank goodness camera companies still use the flat staps with eyelets on the camera bodies. I wish Swarovski would go back to this tried and true method. Another annoyance that I've noticed with this strap is that when the thick, comfortable shoulder padding falls down between the passenger seat and the center console, I have to carefully slide it back out the same way it went in. Because it is so thick and relatively inflexible, if you try to quickly yank it out, it will become firmly wedged, and no amount of strong-arming will free the bloody thing. Yet another frustration when trying to quickly get on the bird. The new EL 42's rubberized coating is very easily scraped and marred. I've had my black 8x30 Swarovskis for twelve years, and the coating on them still looks new and unblemished. The green coating on these EL 10x42s, which are just over a year old, looks like it's been in a battlefield. So while I enjoy the wonderful optics of these EL 42s, I do not like presentation. The strap, the eye cups, and the armoring are all, in my opinion, substandard. And the excellent warranty service which I used to enjoy, now costs me additional cash. I have had three Swarovski scopes and four Swarovski binoculars over the years, and I used to heartily recommend their products and service. Unfortunately, I can no longer do so.”
