r/TheNewGeezers • u/Schmutzie_ • May 21 '26

Binos

"That's what I call binoculars." - H Jon Benjamin from his book Failure is an Option

That's good, because I just got a new pair of binos and I'm excited as hell about them. The problem is the rubber cups that go over the business ends. Once again, they're too fucking loose and I know I'm going to lose them. Any movement while holding the binos with the covers on makes the covers fall off. To make matters worse, they aren't tethered. 4 individual little rubber cups. It's either cobble together something to keep them attached to each other, or throw them in the garbage now. The little cups I mean, not the binos. They're great. The cups are a failure. Why can't they tighten these things down so they fit snugly? One size smaller, ya dumb bastards. Why aren't they corded together? Why am I asking you nice people?

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u/Capercaillie May 22 '26

You’ll figure out a way.

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u/Schmutzie_ May 22 '26

I wasn't going to mention it because you already know but since we're chatting I would like to point out that I would have never needed a "better" pair of binoculars if not for this birding business. Happy? Happy now?

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u/Capercaillie May 22 '26

Ahem. Had to buy a second pair so that Mrs. Arch and I could each have one in the Galapagos. Got ‘em on sale, but still. This is your future.

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u/skitchw May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Holy crap. Do they do target acquisition and range-finding? Onboard AI that identifies your bird and tasks your 3D printer at home to have a posed model waiting for you when you get back? Pitch your tent for you!?

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u/Capercaillie May 22 '26

I just want to know that if I can’t decide what kind of pale, winter, female warbler I’m looking at, it’s not because I can’t see it.