Infamous Amazon binoculars (formerly Polaris optics), you've probally seen ads for them if you shop for binos on Amazon, and pretty much you would likely dismiss them as chinese junk being heavily pushed.
The Crystal view ultra is strikingly similar, if not identical to the defunct Vortex Talon HD, and Eagle Optics ranger ED open bridge binos that are now discontinued, (I take a guess it could be from the same Chinese manufacturer) but they only go for $200 right now.
Here's how they look through them
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/594898/ppuser/140831
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/594897/ppuser/140831
Image loses quality and blurs 80% from center
Little to no chromatic aberrations though out the center field of view
Huge wide field of view (65 afov) as advertised
Overall build quality seems solid
The binos appears to be legit
The Crystal view ultra is strikingly similar, if not identical to the defunct Vortex Talon HD, and Eagle Optics ranger ED open bridge binos that are now discontinued, (I take a guess it could be from the same Chinese manufacturer) but they only go for $200 right now.
Here's how they look through them
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/594898/ppuser/140831
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/594897/ppuser/140831
Image loses quality and blurs 80% from center
Little to no chromatic aberrations though out the center field of view
Huge wide field of view (65 afov) as advertised
Overall build quality seems solid
The binos appears to be legit
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