Binocular recommendations.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Can anybody recommend a pair of good value Binoculars. 7x50 roundabout.

[Luckydonal]

I use Optricon ,find them excellant:thumbup:

[Mull]

Have been told that for general use 8 X 40 are best, have no evidence to back this up, think it was a twitcher that told me.

[Darrin Turnbull]

These are the ones i have now

 

 

Just cheap things and not very enjoyable to use.

[woody paul]

As a hobby deer stalker, the beginning of last year bought a pair of Minox 10x42 great quality glass had to do a lot of searching to find a good deal . Where about £200 if I remember and put the up against my mate's which are a £1000 there was not a lot in them best to just Google Minox some good videos/ reports they make some good rifle scopes aswell.

Edited January 10, 2016 by woody paul

[Stubby]

I have a pair of Bausch & Lomb 8-24 x 50 which are very good .

[Darrin Turnbull]

As a hobby deer stalker, the beginning of last year bought a pair of Minox 10x42 great quality glass had to do a lot of searching to find a good deal . Where about £200 if I remember and put the up against my mate's which are a £1000 there was not a lot in them best to just Google Minox some good videos/ reports they make some good rifle scopes aswell.

 

 

That sounds promising.👍

[Duncansimpson]

I agree with the 8x40, 10x50 are good in a hide but always much bigger and heavier hence a bore to carry. I use 8x32 Swarovski and they are sublime. You get what you pay for. Look up you local rspb reserve, ours regularly have optic days where you can go an try loads of different types.

[openspaceman]

These are the ones i have now

 

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Just cheap things and not very enjoyable to use.

 

I have similar leica trinovid 8x20. The image is sharp and the optics very good but because the eye ring is so small they have to be set just right for the eyeballs, also because the field of vision is small acquiring the target is more difficult. Great for hill walking as they are so small.

 

On my pair a screw has come loose in each scope and these can jam the focus, I cannot see how to open them so could do with a recommendation for a repairer.

[Darrin Turnbull]

I have similar leica trinovid 8x20. The image is sharp and the optics very good but because the eye ring is so small they have to be set just right for the eyeballs, also because the field of vision is small acquiring the target is more difficult. Great for hill walking as they are so small.

 

 

 

On my pair a screw has come loose in each scope and these can jam the focus, I cannot see how to open them so could do with a recommendation for a repairer.

 

 

http://www.opticron.co.uk/Pages/service_and_repair.htm

 

These people have a repair service but I don't know if it's for your model.