WF,
Some good suggestions above. Several Pentax binos do have very good eye relief.
Some things to think about and/or some questions for you.
1. Generally speaking the higher the magnification the shorter the eye relief on any given model. So an 8x Nikon Monarch is going to have more eye relief than the 10x model. What magnification are you looking at?
2. In the past another good rule of thumb has been that the wider the field of view then the shorter the eye relief. This is not always true nowadays but in some cases it still is.
3. What price range are you looking at?
The one binocular I remember as having the greatest eye relief of any bin I have tried is the Nikon Sporter I 8x36. Eye relief was better than 22 mm. It was the one bin that I seriously had to use the eyecups extended to avoid blackouts. The 10x36, though still good, did not have quite as much. They still manufacturer it and have another version the "Buckmaster 8x36" which is practically the same model but geared for hunters. Price usually hovers around $100 or so depending on where you get it at.
A word of warning though, it isn't a phase coated roof prism binocular so the images aren't quite as sharp or as contrasty as one that has phase coating.
Hope this helps.
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