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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bencw" data-source="post: 3484382" data-attributes="member: 118729">That is a bit damning, 3 Celestrons all out of alignment. And most of these new Chinese cheap end binoculars are made in a way that makes them almost impossible to work on to rectify it, it seems pot luck if you get a good one or duff one. I have  not had a Celestron, but I bought 2 small new cheap porro,s from China a little while back, intending to give to the grandkids. They were all sealed, boxed, but when I checked,  of them was miles out, a clear double image, daylight between. I had a go at putting it right but the plastic objective retainer ring just broke when I tried to undo it. I threw that one away and gave the other one to the charity shop, and bought the grandkid's 6x Bushnells. I still have the Comet 7x, alignment is fine with that. It is often when you first put the binocular to your eyes that small collimation issues are noticed, just a for a split second you see a double image, then it's gone as your eyes adjust.</blockquote>