Hey all. Based on the info here, I’m pretty sold on a pair of the Maven C1 10x42s. I’ve also learned never to pay full price. Do they ever have sales? I haven’t seen any come across the classifieds as of late.
They had a Christmas sale (I picked up my second pair of Maven binos for 20% off this past Christmas) so I know they do occasional sales, but I think they are fairly rare. I believe their Demo optics are always 10% of the normal price for stock items, so that's another consideration.
They had the C1s on sale each of the past two holiday seasons. I doubt you'll get one on sale in the next 10 months through their website. Like others have said, consider their demo program.
There was a Father's Day Sale as I recall. I bought mine during the Black Friday Sale. The binos are awesome. I would've been happy with the value at retail. They are $500+ glass quality. You could do better if you want to spend $1000 but they're more than adequate for my purposes.