ERGONOMIC DESIGN Love at first sight. The IBIS ED brings the open-bridge design to the KITE range. The possiblity to wrap your entire hand around one of the barrels while keeping your index finger on the focus wheel, gives you a unique comfort and allows viewing and operating of the instrument with one hand only. The binocular barrels are slim, but still featre a sufficiently thick rubber armor with texture to provide you maximum grip. The metal twist-up eyecups are removable, allowing the user to easily clean them or replace them by new ones if necessary. The ED/HD optical system provides a briliant and sharp image from centre to edge. The color tone is perfectly natural for accurate determination. Lightweight ergonomic open hinge design Textured rubber for optimal grip sharp from centre to edge ED/HD optical system KITE PERMAVISION KITE PERMARESIST 4 stage removable aluminum twist-up eyecups KITE MHR Advance + coating Fully waterproof and nitrogen filled 30y warranty including lens covers, straps and pouch 7x42 8x42 10x42 8.5x50 10x50 12x50 Magnification 7 8 10 8.5 10 12 Objective lens diameter (mm) 42 42 42 50 50 50 Exit Pupil (mm) 6 5.25 4.2 5.88 5 4.16 Min. close focus (m) 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 Field of view (m/1000m) 128 126 114 102 102 99 Field of view (degrees) 7.3 7.2 6.5 5.85 5.85 5.7 Eye relief (mm) 19.5 17 17 17.5 19 16.4 Interpupillary distance (mm) 73-55 73-55 73-55 73-55 73-55 73-55 Height (mm) 148 148 148 175 175 175 Max width (mm) 126 126 126 132 132 132 Min width folded (mm) 109 109 109 116 116 116 Weight (g) 725 745 760 868 887 902 Twilight factor 17.1 18.3 20.5 20.6 22.4 24.5 Dioptric compensation (+/-) 3 3 3 3 3 3 Waterproof yes yes yes yes yes yes Gas Filled yes yes yes yes yes yes Functional temperature -25°/55° -25°/55° -25°/55° -25°/55° -25°/55° -25°/55° Light transmission (%) 90 91 91 90 90 89 Warranty (years)* 30 30 30 30 30 30 User Manual Review UK Birdwatching Magazine