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To: yarddog

CDNN has just moved into a new, much larger facility, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they expand their offerings even more! (No, I can’t tell you where it is- I once asked the owner where it was located, and he informed me that he never tells anyone the location of his business :).


30 posted on 07/08/2013 7:19:25 PM PDT by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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To: TexasBarak

At one time CDNN had some great deals on Doctor brand binoculars. I was saving up for one but they all sold out before I had enough to get one.

I did get a super deal on another one tho. Just before Tasco went out of business They came out with a binocular intended to compete with the big names such as Zeiss, Swarovski etc.

List price was something like $1200 and you could actually buy them for $500. That was around a third the price for the high end ones and the quality really was close, tho not quite equal to the high end ones.

The only problem was no one who was going to spend even $500 was not going to get a Tasco no matter how good it was.

When Tasco went belly up (Bushnell later bought the name Tasco and is using it to make about the same type as they were making before dying), CDNN apparently bought up a bunch of the better Tasco binoculars.

They advertised the model I was writing about, the $500 one at $99. I took a chance and ordered one. Sure enough it really was a high quality binocular completely on an even level with your typical $300-800 models and not very far from the $2000 ones.

I ordered a second one and it was as good as the first. Optical clarity was great. The only problem was the pull-up eye cups were too easy to move down when your eyes were pushing against them. I fixed that by just putting a bunch of rubber bands around the area below the eye piece to keep them from moving.


34 posted on 07/08/2013 7:53:36 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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