flip up lens covers for Schmidt & Bender polar t96

precision_stalker

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Having done a search on here and the web but can't really find an answer.

I'm looking for some decent flip up caps that are good quality for the above scope with a 56mm objective. For a while now I've been trying to find some Tenebraex ones, but cant seem to find anywhere that stock them in the UK.

So what alterative brands are people using?

Cheers
 
In my opinion, I would not bother with any of the above.

Get some March flip ups. They are the lowest profile, the lightest, the cheapest and the best proper decent plastic with metal spring that locks back and doesn't flap about. You can also open and close them silently with very little effort, yet the shut tight and perfect every time.

I have a 4-16x56 T96 and use March flip ups on it. The wide angle ocular March cap fits perfectly on the knurled ocular adjustment housing. The beauty about it is that you can rotate the entire cap, so can still use the ocular if you want to, as the bearing surface of the cap is only on the knurling but it is so tight that it never comes off. Not so tight that it wont fit. It obviously wasn't designed for this scope but it is perfect.

I cannot remember what size I used for the Objective but I can check later and will take a picture. Whatever size I used, it is marginally too big (by less than a mm) but a wrap of masking tape or electrical tape or whatever on the scope bell means it fits lovey and flush. Remind me later if I forget to do a picture but you can keep the scope mounted as low as you like, as the profile of the cap is so small.

Best of all, they are only £15 each. Think Butler Creeks but made by Deon in a quality Japanese Factory. I have had a March scope that has been in heavy use for well over 5years and the original caps it came with are still operating perfectly. The ones I bought for the T96 are probably only about 2yrs old, but they are basically the same and so far have also been faultless as expected.
 
I use Vortex or Arken. Both fold flat.
Optics Warehouse stock Tenebrex and are currently on sale.
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I thought I would order a 56mm March Flip Up - at £15 quid on the March site that seemed fair enough. Then postage added a further £34.80 to the £15!
Decided not to bother….
🦊🦊
 
In my opinion, I would not bother with any of the above.

Get some March flip ups. They are the lowest profile, the lightest, the cheapest and the best proper decent plastic with metal spring that locks back and doesn't flap about. You can also open and close them silently with very little effort, yet the shut tight and perfect every time.

I have a 4-16x56 T96 and use March flip ups on it. The wide angle ocular March cap fits perfectly on the knurled ocular adjustment housing. The beauty about it is that you can rotate the entire cap, so can still use the ocular if you want to, as the bearing surface of the cap is only on the knurling but it is so tight that it never comes off. Not so tight that it wont fit. It obviously wasn't designed for this scope but it is perfect.

I cannot remember what size I used for the Objective but I can check later and will take a picture. Whatever size I used, it is marginally too big (by less than a mm) but a wrap of masking tape or electrical tape or whatever on the scope bell means it fits lovey and flush. Remind me later if I forget to do a picture but you can keep the scope mounted as low as you like, as the profile of the cap is so small.

Best of all, they are only £15 each. Think Butler Creeks but made by Deon in a quality Japanese Factory. I have had a March scope that has been in heavy use for well over 5years and the original caps it came with are still operating perfectly. The ones I bought for the T96 are probably only about 2yrs old, but they are basically the same and so far have also been faultless as expected.
Do you have a link by any chance please?
 
No idea about postage
 
No idea about postage
See post #10 but sit down first…..
🦊🦊
 
I thought I would order a 56mm March Flip Up - at £15 quid on the March site that seemed fair enough. Then postage added a further £34.80 to the £15!
Decided not to bother….
🦊🦊
Postage is £9.50 when I added a wide angle eyepiece and a 56mm objective cap to the basket. So less than £40 delivered for both ocular and objective covers. I live in England. I bet they are screwing over the Northern Irish like so many carriers do. Which is weird seeing as I have sent you stuff before via Royal Mail at exactly the same rate as it would be if I sent it 20 miles down the road to any random English address.

I guess they use some other carrier that charges a ton for some reason. Which is harsh.
 
Do you have a link by any chance please?
Video and pics will explain better than me typing. It is a 64mm variant or so it says inside the cap. On the website, the drop down selection thingy says "FC-64 for 56mm objective models" so if you order the 56mm variant, it is actually a 64mm wide version but basically fits the March 56mm scopes. This is the one I use on the video below.

The ocular flip cap is the "single for wide angle eyepiece" one on the March website. That is the one you want for the T96. If you get the standard "single eyepiece" variant which is at the top of the drop down thingy, it will not fit, as that is the version which fits my March compact scope which has a smaller ocular bell housing.

 
Video and pics will explain better than me typing. It is a 64mm variant or so it says inside the cap. On the website, the drop down selection thingy says "FC-64 for 56mm objective models" so if you order the 56mm variant, it is actually a 64mm wide version but basically fits the March 56mm scopes. This is the one I use on the video below.

The ocular flip cap is the "single for wide angle eyepiece" one on the March website. That is the one you want for the T96. If you get the standard "single eyepiece" variant which is at the top of the drop down thingy, it will not fit, as that is the version which fits my March compact scope which has a smaller ocular bell housing.


Can’t see the video but thank you, I’ll take a look 👍
 
Can’t see the video but thank you, I’ll take a look 👍
Ooops, it was listed as private. Changed it to unlisted now, so hopefully via the link you can see it in a few minutes. Let me know if not and I will change it to public to see if that helps but unlisted normally means you should be able to see it if the link is clicked on. Will put in this message as well to see if that make a difference.

 
Ooops, it was listed as private. Changed it to unlisted now, so hopefully via the link you can see it in a few minutes. Let me know if not and I will change it to public to see if that helps but unlisted normally means you should be able to see it if the link is clicked on. Will put in this message as well to see if that make a difference.


Spot on, looks really good, thanks
 
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