When you've owned and used a
binocular long enough for it to become a good friend, you naturally tend to want that same binocular if you ever need to replace it. There was a time when a single binocular model would remain on the market, unchanged, for many years, so replacing that old binocular was usually not that hard to do. Modern-day marketing, though, makes replacing an
old binocular a much tougher challenge. These days, binocular models are constantly shuffling and changing and even the same model sold, today, can be quite different than the same model sold a few years in the past. Best approach, then, is to do some research and be ready to try something new in the way of binocular style, and, since things don't get cheaper, be prepared to pay more to maintain that old binocular quality. On the other hand, with
today's' technology, performance is better than ever and that new model will probably get you better performance than the old model
binocular.