Kudos on the review! Really helpful in deciding which piece one should get. And thank you for taking suggestions from the community

Hello David:Enjoyable video. I love testing out all kinds of binos in all genres. It’s a labour of love for me and, I suspect, for you also! Keep up the good work! Best wishes, Neil

Not sure you can go wrong for $48. I should pick up a Kowa YF 8x30, they're almost twice as expensive in the UK compared to Japan so they will have to wait to be added on a JP order i think. I just got myself the Maven C.2 7x28 and its been going everywhere with me.

Hi Wrighty, good to hear from you. I just ordered a Kowa 8x30 but received a second 6x30 instead. I'm trying. Anyway, I think that it would be cool if you made a video review of your Maven and sent me a link. I'd watch.

Hey i like your reviews , i did get this bino for my little guy because its not bad for the money but also because when he uses it as a bat or train , warranty will get me a new one. i did the same for my daughter she is older , viper in the end i dont think any of the vortex line are that great .

I've just tested my Kowa 6x30 and my close focus is around 2.6 meters , I actually measured with the tape measure, iI can't understand where Kowa got the 5 meters from

they both have too much eye relief for many non glass users. Eye point is user dependent but there are some tendency of the bino. amount of ER mm stated is not all. smaller AFOV are more easier to make long ER but also easier to have more blackout to non glass wearers. and also, If eyesup is not long enough for it's eyerelif, also can lead to blackouts. vantam and yf is both have all that issue. small afov, eyecup bit short to fit it's long ER. vantam is worse. and of course, 8x30 yf is much easier to see with naked eyes. because of less ER and much larger AFOV 6x30 has bit longer eyecup then 8x30 but not enough. they both have enough ER to use with glasses. 6x30 is much longer that even can be seen with I leave one eyecup click behind. so. ease of view to glass wearers will be better in 6x30 but in overall, more variety of people will found 8x30 much comfortable. Longer ER doesn't always mean better ease of view many people didn't even heard about it. The blackout issue is not only with cheap binoculars. Zeiss conquest 8x42 is notorious for it that Zeiss even sell extending eyecup for conquest. 8x42 conq is known to have worst eyepoint between 32~42 conq mainly because it have significantly smaller afov. Even Leica noctivid 8x42 has blackout issue to some. not as much as vantam, yf 6x30, conquest 8x42 but significantly more then Swaro NL 8x42. because it have more ER and smaller AFOV. so, therea are some binocular that eye glass weares like but non glass wearers dislike and can also have opposite situation. rubber flip eyecup such as nikon E2, Steiner nighthunter, ior valdada and some bino with less - average eyerelif such as kowa genesis, fujinon hc, leica ultravid tends / said to be more comfortable to non eyeglass wearers.