"Palm sized" is how I'd describe the Carson MiniScout 7x18 I take along on trail rides and other rides when I don't expect to be using them much or are too rough to bring more expensive binoculars. Tiny, expendable, very small eye relief, but surprisingly decent handling for the size.
A 6x18 monocular is smaller but the bins give a better view. -Dave On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:35:55 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Yes; please keep them coming. > > Aside, to all: suggestions for a usable but inexpensive, small, and easily > stowable binocular or monocular for very casual sightings while riding > around? For some reason I lost or tossed a nice palm-size binocular and I'd > like to replace with with something that easily fits into a rear jersey > pocket. > > > Patrick "I see a Clem in my future, but only after fettling the new M 1:1 > knobby wheelset and the beater Libertas build" Moore > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM DavidP <dphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Chris - very much enjoyed your ride report and always great to >> see photos! >> >> I also like to bring binos on bike rides, and find a stem bag is a great >> way to have them easily accessible (requires folding/pocket bins - I use a >> pair of Bushnell Legend 10x25 for this). >> >> -Dave >> >> On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 1:51:56 AM UTC-4 Chris Halasz wrote: >> >>> I took advantage of the intermission in rains here on California’s >>> Central Coast for a short and easy trail ride this evening. >>> >>> >>> I'd started running again and enjoying something like a 10k loop along >>> this trail for the past year, and recently wondered why I never bother to >>> take a bike here: it's a quicker way to grab the binos and do some >>> occasional birding. A Clem seemed like a good candidate for stepping off in >>> sketchy sections, and for portaging with its low top tube. >>> >>> >>> This was its first ride into the trees! >>> >>> >>> The trees seemed to be enjoying the frogs making happy noise in the >>> creek, the air was cool, not much breeze, and the (new to me) Clem cruised >>> nicely over the winter’s leaves, the drying trails, and lots of exposed >>> rock from a generously wet winter. Shall I ride the bike when I go hear >>> Suzanne Simard speak in a couple weeks? >>> >>> >>> [image: IMG_1128.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> [image: IMG_1132.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> [image: IMG_1137.jpeg] >>> >>> >>> Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed the (short) ride, >>> >>> >>> Chris >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2b93a595-3c25-4eaf-b265-8759668aea27n%40googlegroups.com.