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ronharper
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Re: Nitrogen or Argon filled bins
07/08/08 04:17 PM
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Of all binocular buzzwords, gas-filled must be the greatest test of faith. Ultimately, it is not so much what is in your bino, but what you THINK is in your bino, that determines happiness.
Has it occurred by now to manufacturers that we might be easily duped on this one? Might they have saved a little time and effort, and increased their margins a bit, by neglecting to do a good job, or any job at all, of pure gas filling? Might a seal that holds water out leak a bit of much more mobile gas? Is my early edition 7x50 FMT-SX still full of pure nitrogen, after 25 or 30 years? Do bino shops reassemble repairs in inert-gas glove boxes, requiring the tech to handle optics wearing big thick rubber gloves, all the time fighting an overpressure? Any amateur atomic spectroscopists in the house?
Yes, I have doubts. But, I will try not to think such thoughts again, and don't you guys think them either.
Ron
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