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But first of all a confession: We were not at all familiar with Vanguard products, with their <\/span>binoculars<\/strong> or telescopes, their daypacks and assorted bags, not even with their <\/span>award-winning tripods<\/strong>. And although we’re not always in tune with the latest in anything, not even <\/span>birding gear<\/strong> and optics, we’ve been into <\/span>birding <\/strong>in many ways for a long time now, we’ve come into contact with a lot of birders from most parts of the world, and we’re familiar with the big name brands in optics and other birding gear. Or so we thought.<\/span><\/p>\n In other words, we couldn’t help feeling somewhat skeptical about the material that was on its way to us from Vanguard, and began to wonder if we really wanted to get\u00a0professionally\u00a0<\/span>involved with a brand that was so unfamiliar to us. R<\/span>ecommending products that we weren’t convinced of would\u00a0<\/span>be compromising our professional standards, and that was not something we wanted to do. At the same time, how could we not give the products a fair opportunity, after Vanguard had sent them to us in such good faith?<\/span><\/p>\n Fortunately, we can say the dilemma has been solved, and in the best way possible. Firstly, Vanguard have acted with e<\/span>fficiency and eloquence in the way they have their products to us and, secondly, our inspection of the products themselves has dispelled the major withholdings or doubts we may have had. We like what we’ve seen, and very much!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Another confession: As professional guides we use top of the range binoculars of brands that are familiar to all birders in Europe and probably around the world, and we see no reason to change. So I personally will not be leading birding tours<\/strong> with my new Vanguard binoculars as my main pair of binoculars. However, that is not the point.<\/p>\n We also organize birdwatching courses and field excursions, get client’s companions who come along without binoculars, work with field collaborators, and it’s also very useful to have a “back-up” pair in case something happens to the main pair of binoculars, and without having to suffer a great compromise in effectiveness and image quality<\/strong>. So the new binoculars should see plenty of action! And they’re a lot more affordable than our main pair of binoculars, something that is very important to bear in mind when comparing their performance with models that could easily be 4 times or more their price.<\/p>\n So what about the review? Well, after trying out the Endeavour ED 10 x 42<\/strong> in the field we looked through the Internet to try and find a glossary of terms to explain things more correctly, to come to terms with the terminology ourselves (e.g. lens coatings, eye relief, etc) and came across the review\u00a0below<\/strong> which was already written, and in the most professional manner. There’s no way we could get close to writing such a well-constructed review, and what’s more we agree with virtually everything that’s said here, so there’s no compromising our standards or opinions just because Vanguard sent us some review material.<\/p>\n![\"Florinda](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/vanguardflo.jpg\")
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