Fujinon 25X150

The other night at my astronomy club's (Thames Amateur Astronomical Society) winter party I brought up the topic of the Fujinon 25x150 binoculars. I indicated I was starting to save up for a pair and wondered why I almost never see any used ones for sale. Is it because they are so good that no one would ever think of selling theirs? Are the people who buy them living forever or willing them to others? Even with some rare high end scopes, it's possible to occasionally see them on the used market, but why not the Fujinons? No one had any really good answer. How about you?

George

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I wonder if there are not that many out there
in private hands to be re-sold. And also there
is not really an upgrade path from there to
anywhere else (people often sell to get a
bigger scope, etc., but there is not really
anything bigger than the Fujinons).

Folks spend that kind of money on imaging setups, not visual scopes.

The Fuji 70mm binos are rather common by comparison. In your quest for good binoculars, try Swarovski SLC 50mm one night.

There are some other scopes that are seldom seen for sale:

Parks newts
Parallax newts
Questar 7", 12"
A-P 7", 8" refractors
JMI 40" (folded?) newt
D&G 8", 11"
BO 8" Apo refractor (I know someone who supposedly has one on order since 2003, 1 of 4 made. Im a little skeptical)

George Blahun said:

wondered why I almost never see any used ones for sale. Is it because they are so good that no one would ever think of selling theirs? George