cheap binoculars (1 Viewer)

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Tony Hylton

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• Oct 22, 2004

• #1

I am looking to buy some cheap binoculars for my nephew and have thouht about Eagle Optics Triumph 8X25 or Denali 7X32. Any thuoghts on either of these or other sugestions. He is 13 as has begun to show an interest in birding so would like to get him binoculars for christmas but can not afford to spend much, $100 max.

Tony

 

Tero

Retired

• Oct 22, 2004

• #2

Eagle Optics sounds OK. Try some more sports stores. I do not like most of the porro Bushnells they usually have. Minolta has some under 100 dollar model. Even Nikon may have one model in that price range.

Denalis look like rugged and waterproof
http://www.eagleoptics.com/Eagle+Optics/Binoculars/pid3357
I think those are 7x so the top heading is probably a mistake.

 

Last edited: Oct 22, 2004

Tero

Retired

• Oct 22, 2004

• #3

I had this mixed up, the 9x are also there
http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?dept=1&type=19&purch=1&pid=3358
7x is 89 dollars.
Should last the kid many years. 7x is OK for most sports too.

 

Last edited: Oct 23, 2004

Atomic Chicken

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• Oct 22, 2004

• #4

Tony,

Consider buying your nephew a pair of these:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...rnPage=search-results1.jhtml&_requestid=12790

They are fantastic optics for under $100, I normally don't even touch low-end binoculars but I ended up buying two of these binoculars locally. I know the power rating is a bit high, I don't typically recommend 10x binoculars in general - but after having used these for close to a week now I can wholeheartedly give them a glowing review and highly recommend them for someone on a budget. I wish they made an 8x version!

Best wishes,
Bawko

 

Bill Atwood

Registered User

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• Oct 22, 2004

• #5

You might consider the Bushnell Natureview 8x30 for $89 also. I haven't seen the Denali, but for viewing ease I would be tempted to go with the larger objective bin (30 or 32 instead of 25).

 

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Sirap

Member

• Oct 23, 2004

• #6

Bill Atwood said:

You might consider the Bushnell Natureview 8x30 for $89 also. I haven't seen the Denali, but for viewing ease I would be tempted to go with the larger objective bin (30 or 32 instead of 25).

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$89 seems a bit high for Natureview 8x30's. The 8x40's are listed on Amazon for under $40 and I have found them to be very adequate.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._9/102-5566029-8114530?v=glance&s=electronics

 

Bill Atwood

Registered User

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• Oct 23, 2004

• #7

They are of 2 totally different designs, the 8x30s are reverse porroprism. These are much slimmer and easeir to handle. Of course if Tony's nephew has huge hands its probably a mute point.

The 40s also have eye relief of only 12mm. The 30s have 17 or 18.

How is Amazon's return policy?