Steiner Binoculars

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I've got a pair of Steiner Skipper bins and the button for the compass light got knocked in the cockpit and needed to be reinstalled.
Steiner wanted £219.99 to fix them. The bins only cost either £250 or £275 a couple of years ago so I declined and now no longer have an illuminated compass.

At that price I would rather go and buy a new pair from someone else for the same money.
Repair costs and automatic obsolescence are getting gout of hand
 
I have a mid-range Fuji camera. The mode rotary knob snapped off so I tried to get it repaired. They have a one-size-fits-all price for any repair which was £99 last time I asked. A bargain if you dropped it in the sea but a rip-off for my purposes. It now stays in auto mode.
 
I believe that all Steiner stuff has to be returned to Germany for repair as they have no agents in the UK (as I was told by Richard of ActionOptics from this parish).
 
Its only a spring-loaded intermittent contact type switch.......can`t you arrange to bring wires out and coble together some kind of switch?...It might not be pretty...but it would be there on the rare occasion you might need it. Cheaper than a new pair.

Perhaps this thread belongs in the PBO forum
 
doris said:
Good reason why not to buy Steiners.
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Not at all! Steiners have (or had) a 30 year guarantee - who else offers anything like that? When my Steiner Commanders developed a fault in the compass, after about 10 years, they were repaired free without question. However, you can't expect them to repair accidental damage for free; that's what insurance is for. My Steiners are now about 30 years old and are still superb for use on the boat.
 
pvb said:
Not at all! Steiners have (or had) a 30 year guarantee - who else offers anything like that? When my Steiner Commanders developed a fault in the compass, after about 10 years, they were repaired free without question. However, you can't expect them to repair accidental damage for free; that's what insurance is for. My Steiners are now about 30 years old and are still superb for use on the boat.
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My commander`s are for sale wit 20 yrs warranty to run
 
Giblets said:
I believe that all Steiner stuff has to be returned to Germany for repair as they have no agents in the UK (as I was told by Richard of ActionOptics from this parish).
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Why don't you contact ActionOptics in S'ton for a quote on fixing this relatively small problem? You could even post or courier the bins to him yourself for very little money.
 
Regret Steiner will not supply spares so I don't/ can't offer a repair service.
They only supply eyecups and lens caps, straps and rain guards.
I have a good stock of these bits for the older models.

Babylon said:
Why don't you contact ActionOptics in S'ton for a quote on fixing this relatively small problem? You could even post or courier the bins to him yourself for very little money.
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nigelmercier said:
If you are looking for some new binoculars...
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How do the Canon IS bins cope with a boat environment? I have a pair for shore use and find them brilliant but I'm a bit nervous about taking them on a boat, where the IS would be even more useful. The waterproof ones are much more expensive.
 
Nico said:
How do the Canon IS bins cope with a boat environment? I have a pair for shore use and find them brilliant but I'm a bit nervous about taking them on a boat, where the IS would be even more useful.
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I found the Canon IS (10x30) quite useless at sea as the amplitude of the motion was far more than the IS mechanism could correct for and the 10 power was too high. Some people seem to like them; perhaps because the motion is slower on heavier boats. I won a pair of Steiners which I find far better.
 
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