I've purchased 3 binoculars over the years from Cabella's. I think Bass Pro now. All have been great and the small one is always in the car or with us when travelling. The main advice I'd give is go to the store and look through them. You'll see right away which one "brightens" up the view. You'll pay a little more for good glass but it's a lifetime purchase.
Good Luck, Dave ________________________________ From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> on behalf of Jerry Morrow <jer...@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:33 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Compact Binocular Advice Please This is a very thorough review of compacts. https://www.cloudynights.com/BVD/Compacts-about-pockets-and-wallets.php > On 03/06/2024 10:06 AM CST Stephen Greenfield <tapacul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I believe the best source of binocular information on the Internet, by far, > is allbinos.com. Unfortunately for this question, they don't have many > extensive reviews of smaller binoculars; here the ranking table for the > smallest binoculars they do, 8x32s: > https://www.allbinos.com/allbinos_ranking-binoculars_ranking-8x32.html > You can follow the links to the extensive reviews, but the tables show the > overall score and price, so here for example, you can see the Nikon-HG L > 8x32 DCF has an overall rating that is 94% of the highest-rated model, at > 30% of the price. (The prices are in zlotys - the site is in Poland! - but > the relative numbers in US$ are probably similar. > They also have rankings for other models based on user reviews, but those > are not extensive, Here's one for 6x30s: > https://www.allbinos.com/Readers_ranking-binoculars_ranking-6x30.html. > The list of all the ranking tables is here: > https://www.allbinos.com/rankings.html > > -- > Stephen Greenfield > Minneapolis > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 19:19:49 +0000 > From: Miller Johnson <johnson-mil...@msn.com> > Subject: Compact Binocular Advice Please > > Dear birders, > I'm doing a bus tour in Italy next month that will not be for birding, but > I will have some free time most days. I normally carry my Swarovski 8.5x42 > bins when I travel, but I think they'll just be too heavy for the amount of > use I expect to get out of them on this trip. > > Do you have recommendations for smaller and lighter-weighted binoculars for > travel? I use my "big" binoculars most days but, as I age, I'll probably > have more use for a lighter pair long-term anyway. Budget is in the $1000 > range, but willing to go up if it'll make a big difference. > > Thanks for any guidance you can provide. Emailing me directly will help > keep the clutter off these list-serves, especially as we're going to be > getting a lot of traffic as spring seems to have sprung! > Molly Jo Miller > Dakota Co > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
