Thread: ED glass in Scopes & Binos

Originally Posted by Ftx325

At least with optics , as mentioned , you can just look through them and judge the optical quality and compare by looking through other scopes next to it on the shelf .
Try before you buy ....??

Uh huh, how many shops over here stock a full range of brands and models, and let you inspect these outside?

I'd wager the majority of scopes are bought unseen, and unfortunately modern consumerism encourages perceived value and that in turn drives the marketing behaviour that brings us stuff like "HD".