My curiosity got the better of me and I decided to take the 5-minute walk to my local Lidl and bought a pair of these (I'm on a bit of an optics-buying bender at the mo, though have got 4 cheap pairs on Ebay to make room lol!). They were quite light for the size and do feel cheap and plasticy. They have the twist-up eyecups rather than rubber roll-down ones, which I prefer. They seem to have a few different 'stops', and they seem to stay there too and not lose their position. The binoculars also come with a rather nice carry case with a couple of different sections for keeping lens covers etc. in. Has a rather nice neck strap too, which I'm tempted to put on my Dialyts as they don't have one - not sure about having a Bresser-printed neckstrap on my Zeisses though!
They're not actually too bad, especially for the price! There is some colour fringing, especially the further you move from the centre of the view. Sharpness is not too bad for the price point, quite sharp in the centre but slipping off a bit at the edge, but for me not too distracting. One annoyance I've found is that it seemed to be hard to get the dioptre adjustment correct and needed a lot of fiddling. Not sure if that's me though, I do tend to struggle to get that adjustment right, especially on cheaper optics.
They're not quite on the same level of clarity as my 40-year old Dialyts, I was viewing in hazy conditions and the Zeiss seemed to cut through the haze a bit better. The Dialyts were also sharper, more contrasty, better colours but that's to be expected!
These would be great though as a backup/car/kids/partner's pair, a good starter pair of bins or perhaps for a bit of bino astronomy. One tip though - test the pair you get in the store to check for alignment etc. I did this after buying them so I could get a refund/replacement if needed.
