Leupold Acadia Roof Prism Binoculars, 12x50mm, Mossy Oak Infinity

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Product Feature

• Waterproof/Fogproof
• Proprietary Nitrogen Fill Process
• Smooth Focusing
• Twist Up Eyecups
• Close focus distance of 10 feet

Product Description

The Leupold BX-2 Acadias are lightweight, ergonomic roof prism binoculars that are both affordable and offer the Leupold-quality optical performance you demand.

Leupold Acadia Roof Prism Binoculars, 12x50mm, Mossy Oak Infinity Review

I sent the following in an email to Leupold customer service over 3 weeks ago and got no response.

I've always had a positive experience with Leupold, and I didn't hesitate to buy a pair of Acadia 10x42 binoculars that were on sale in September of 2011 for my girlfriend to use on our frequent trips around the country. At $169, they were a great deal. On a recent fly & drive trip from Seattle and down the coast to San Francisco, we took her Leupold Acadia's and my old Nikon 10x50's along. I became so impressed with the quality, size and weight of the Acadia's that I decided to buy a pair when we got home.

As luck would have it, (or so I thought) Bass Pro was running a one day sale on Leupold Acadia BX-2 10x42's for $149.00. ($20 less than I'd paid for hers in September of 2011) I drove 50 miles over to the Bossier City, LA store to pick up a pair. They had sold out, but offered a rain check and said that they'd call when they came in.

As promised, the store called a couple of weeks later to let me know they were in, and I made the trip to pick them up. I hadn't opened the box until I went to the hunting club one afternoon to do some scouting. I opened the package, attached the strap and started adjusting them. Let's just say that I was underwhelmed. I didn't have my girlfriend's Acadia's with me for a direct comparison, but my pair just didn't seem smooth, light or compact as I'd remembered of hers. I used them for the afternoon, and showed them to a friend. He's also one of the Leupold faithful, but like me, he wasn't impressed. I didn't think much more about it until I pulled out my girlfriend's Leupold Acadia's and put them beside the Leupold Acadia BX-2's that I'd gotten from Bass Pro. It's then that I realized that the Acadia has undergone a complete redesign, and not for the better. Her pair are more compact, substantially lighter and came with a durable padded cordura case as opposed to the cheap-ish neoprene case that's included the 2012 Acadia. The new pair felt substantially heavier, so I put each pair, in turn, onto my digital kitchen scale. With strap and no lens covers, hers weigh in at 22oz. The new pair, 28.2oz. That's a 28% increase in weight or an extra 6.2oz that I'd have to hold while scouting and a big factor in fatigue. (Note that the specs on both the Leupold Acadia and Leupold Acadia BX-2 boxes list the weight at an identical 23.5 oz and the Leupold site list also lists the weight of the BX-2 at 23.5oz.) Her 2011 Acadia's feel light in your hands, but with the smoothness of a refined instrument. Adjustment of the new BX-2 is stiff and clunky and they feel heavy and cheap.

I would have gladly paid the extra $20 that I'd paid for my girlfriend's last year to get the same quality binocular. Had I known of the downgrade in quality of the Acadia line, I would have passed on them completely.
I called Leupold customer service and explained all of the above, but all I got was a very unsatisfying, "I'm sorry that you're unhappy. You're welcome to return them to the store to see if they'll offer a refund." Now I'm stuck with a pair of Binoculars that I"m unhappy with. I honestly feel duped by Leupold, a company that, until this experience, I'd trusted completely and I'm left with a bad taste and the unsavory choice of keeping them or making a third 100 mile round-trip to Bass Pro to return this inferior product.
I'll be making the drive and will be looking to other manufacturer's lines, likely Nikon Monarch, for my sporting optics.

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