Pentax DCF ED 10x43 Binocular

I have been using the Swarovski ELs for nine years and loved them except for the extremely slow focus. As I get older and my vision becomes less sharp, the slow focus has become a serious problem, and I have started to miss birds as I try to go from near to far or vice versa. I became frustrated enough that I decided to try something else. While my original intention was to purchase a pair of Bruntons, based on reviews in birding magazines and on comments on the Internet, I opted for the Pentax, which appeared to be superior to Brunton optically, and the price was right. The Pentax are optically excellent, they feel good in the hand, they are light, and the close focus is more than adequate. However, they have two problems. The big one is that the focus knob turns only a little faster than the one on the Swarovskis. However, it requires only one and a half turns to go from one extreme to the other, as opposed to two and a half for the Swarovskis, so I have gained something. The other problem, which is more of an annoyance than a genuine problem, is that the covers for the objective lenses dangle from rubber stalks that are attached to the center of the binoculars, so you have to be careful to push the stalks back between the barrels to keep the covers from getting in the way of your vision.