Anyone else find the focus wheel on the swaro is stiff ?

[Elite]

I just had my swaro SLC Binos sent into swaro to look at the stiff and loud focus wheel.

The performed a alignment and checked over everything. They stated everything is normal.

For this price of Binos I was expecting a smooth and not a wheel that is loud and almost a grinding noise.

Anyone else find this?


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[Fritz D]

The focus knob on my two ELs are just about perfect-smooth, easy to move without too much effort and very little noise.The grinding sound you describe definitely sounds off?

 

[Elite]

The focus knob on my two ELs are just about perfect-smooth, easy to move without too much effort and very little noise.The grinding sound you describe definitely sounds off?

I thought it’s off but sent them in and everything was fine they said


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[willfrye027]

I thought it’s off but sent them in and everything was fine they said


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NL pure knob is silky smooth. Previous 15x56 SLC was stiff. Current el range 8x32 is too stiff for my liking but overall I’m used to it now.

I think it depends on the model which is annoying.

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

I just had my swaro SLC Binos sent into swaro to look at the stiff and loud focus wheel.

The performed a alignment and checked over everything. They stated everything is normal.

For this price of Binos I was expecting a smooth and not a wheel that is loud and almost a grinding noise.

Anyone else find this?


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Unfortunately this issue is not just model dependent. The design of Swaro's internal focus makes for a high variability in feel between samples of the same model. I've felt NL Pures and EL's that were stiff, gritty or had lash. A few years ago I had to purchase and return 2 samples before the 3rd had a smooth focus wheel.