Small Binoculars
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cliffords

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3,583 posts

46 months

Yesterday (22:41)
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I want a small pair of binoculars that I can easily carry. Have them in the car glove box, put in a jacket pocket, take with me walking or motorcycling etc .
Look at buildings, wildlife, my roof etc .
I bought a small pair off eBay but they are unusable as far as I can see, or can't .

May I have some advice please say £50 or so

Thank you .

LunarOne

6,853 posts

160 months

Yesterday (23:20)
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cliffords said:
I want a small pair of binoculars that I can easily carry. Have them in the car glove box, put in a jacket pocket, take with me walking or motorcycling etc .
Look at buildings, wildlife, my roof etc .
I bought a small pair off eBay but they are unusable as far as I can see, or can't .

May I have some advice please say £50 or so

Thank you .
With anything optical, you absolutely get what you pay for, and I'm sorry to say that anything you could get for £50 is likely to be not much more than a toy. In fact you really should be spending 3-4 times that amount to get something usable.

Without wanting to give a PH answer, good binoculars can cost several hundreds and great ones, thousands of pounds. Pick up a birdwatching magazine and you'll see that half of the pages are ads for optics.

But this pair comes in at under £50 and I'm told it punches above its weight:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushnell-Powerview-Multic...

If you can push the budget a bit, then these will be MUCH nicer:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vortex-Unisex-Adult-Diamo...


Easternlight

3,808 posts

167 months

Yesterday (23:32)
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As said you get what you pay for but for small budget bins I would recommend.

https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/hawke-vantage-hd...

Or
https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/opticron-oregon-...