Meopta still in business?

[KCviper]

Same boat here, will look at the other top tier competitors!

 

[DBrickD]

Wow. The Optika 6 3-18x is on my short list. Guess I will have to scratch them off.

 

[journed]

Update on my issue. I was able to contact a representative from meopta. However the part i am missing which has fallen off many times will cost me $20 but the shipping and bank transfer fee is $120. Which I am not going to do. I hope they figure out their usa branch issues, but until then I will not be continuing working or would i buy from them again. It was a good scope just poor company support.

 

[Formidilosus]

Meopta functionally no longer exists. At least not at what they were. They have no USA presence and most importantly, all of their lines are now going to Chinese manufacture.

 

[wind gypsy]

Meopta functionally no longer exists. At least not at what they were. They have no USA presence and most importantly, all of their lines are now going to Chinese manufacture.

Man that's a bummer. They had a good thing going with the quality for $ with Czech manufacture. Probably not a good sign for the used market value of their higher end options either.

 

[mash4077]

Meopta functionally no longer exists. At least not at what they were. They have no USA presence and most importantly, all of their lines are now going to Chinese manufacture.

Where did you hear that all of their lines are going to be Chinese?

 

[Kyguy]

Where did you hear that all of their lines are going to be Chinese?

Meopta put out the information earlier this year.... As did Zeiss. Almost all Zeiss is going to be Asia produced now. They didn't specify the country, but a safe bet is some Japan and probably the Philippines, at least. Wouldn't surprise me to see it in China though.

 

[mash4077]

Meopta put out the information earlier this year.... As did Zeiss. Almost all Zeiss is going to be Asia produced now. They didn't specify the country, but a safe bet is some Japan and probably the Philippines, at least. Wouldn't surprise me to see it in China though.

That sucks :-(

 

[KCviper]

And I almost bought their 15x56 a few months ago. Glad I went with the Swaro NL Pure!! Sad to see.....

 

[Fujicon]

I recently read where Meopta is doing a German Precision Optics (GPO) move. Asian assembly with QC in Czech. I love my Meopros and am disappointed with this move.

Sad. I've been all in on Meopta for something like ten years now. Easily the most excellent scopes I have in inventory. If they start making glass in frickin China that's the end of that.

 

[Dobermann]

Meopta functionally no longer exists. At least not at what they were. They have no USA presence and most importantly, all of their lines are now going to Chinese manufacture.

Hmm ... have you chosen anything you'd use in place of the B1s?

 

[Formidilosus]

Hmm ... have you chosen anything you'd use in place of the B1s?

Leica Geovid R 15x56mm.

 

[Kyguy]

There's been rumors that a lot of the Meopta stuff was already being made in China... But the rubber outer parts was made in the Czech Republic so that's why they were printed with such. On a another forum Doug at Camera Land said the Optika 5 and 6, among others were made in China. Or maybe it's in a thread on here... I can't keep track sometimes.

 

[greenomics]

Really like my meostar 10x42. Plan on keeping them

 

[journed]

There's been rumors that a lot of the Meopta stuff was already being made in China... But the rubber outer parts was made in the Czech Republic so that's why they were printed with such. On a another forum Doug at Camera Land said the Optika 5 and 6, among others were made in China. Or maybe it's in a thread on here... I can't keep track sometimes.

No wonder my optica 6 fell apart on me