Binoculars

Shine · Feb 15, 2010

With fishing season just around the corner (we hope), heres you chance to get some good binoculars cheap.

With free p&p it can't be bad.

Click on a pair you like the look of then click view reviews (if there's any)

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dezza · Feb 15, 2010

If you value your eyes, I wouldn't recommend you buy cheap binoculars. An optician told me that

Yet you don't have to be like The Monk and buy a pair of Jarowskis or Leicas.

I have a pair of Nikon Monarch 8 x 42 roof prisms which I got second hand and they are truly magnificent. Most cannot tell the difference between these and a pair of Leicas.

heathbryant45 · Feb 15, 2010

A mate of mine had these, pretty sure it was these, very very good....

Plastimo Autofocus 7x50 Binoculars - Only £29.95 - Force 4 Chandlery

jimmy crackedcorn · Feb 15, 2010

I keep threatening to replace my current set with these Opticron Oregon LE WP 8 x 42 | Binoculars | Rother Valley Optics but havent got around to it. Have a goodish reputation in birding circles (on a budget anyway)

Shine · Feb 16, 2010

I have a good pair I was bought as a birthday present a few years ago.
I thought those 10x42 waterproof ones for £20 were good on the link.

red110kev · Feb 16, 2010

I've got a pair of Explorer 2 binoculars from Jacobs (JACOBS Explorer 2 8x21 Ruby for 20.97atJacobs Digital Photography & Video - not sure how to do clicky).
They're small & compact, coated lenses, 7.2 degrees field of vision and at just under £21 they're a bargain.

Colin North the one and only · Feb 16, 2010

I have the Opticron 10x42 which I have been very fortunate to test against Sworoski 10x42 at about 5 time the price of the Opticrons. Quite frankly, I couldn't discern any substantial difference in them. I have no doubt that there is, but I couldn't tell.

dezza · Feb 16, 2010

The law of diminishing returns really affects binoculars.

When I was in Tasmania, I met a man sporting a pair of Jarowskis he paid A$3,000.00 for. I let him have a look through my Nikons whilst I looked through the Jarowskis. I couldn't tell much difference at all, except under a certain light condition the Jarowskis did not exhibit fringing, but this was so difficut to see.

I was a bit reluctant to tell him how much I payed for my binoculars.

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