In the end, I ordered the Olympus 8x40 and I am more impressed than I expected to be? Good quality and bright images. 'Indoors said "I can even see aircraft in the sky!". I have ordered a pair of 8-16x40 to try out because I think they will be useful in the business.
@Burdekin got a loverly pair at cottage as ive looked through them i can see enough but glasses ted t get in the way
a good set he got there for the mrs
Swift where said to be good by many, never looked through them personallyI picked up a second pair of binoculars recently, Swift Audubon, Very good optics, Mainly use them at Archery, Dropped lucky, got then for a fiver!! The downside was, No case.
You know why Russia had good binos? Because of thiet ocvupation of half of Germany post Ww2! German lenses are still the bestBought a few cheapo pairs recently to make a stereo microscope for the workshop. Got some 8x25 Practica compact type, for the porro prisms. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality but a word of warning for secondhand units, if they have been dropped, they will be ruined. The alignment on binoculars is super precision. If it gets knocked out, you need specialist equipment to reset them.
Plus your eyesight may be better than your seller who swears blind (!) they were superb quality. Bang for buck, its difficult to beat a big pair of Russian made binoculars. And don't discount monoculars either. The one good thing about eBay is if you look long enough and hard enough, there are some right bargains to be had.
Ive got a pair of Boots ones....they are very old but the vision is spot on....My eldest goes shooting and he bought some that cost 2 grand.....to be honest I domnt think they are any better.........but I do have dodgy eyesightI inherited a pair of Boots own make 8x30 and they are quite good bird-watching binoculars. Nowadays I carry a cheap 10x40 monocular, it's easier than binoculars and I only have one good eye anyway.
complare them in the last ten mins of light, the better ones mean you can see the beast to decide if to take a shot,Ive got a pair of Boots ones....they are very old but the vision is spot on....My eldest goes shooting and he bought some that cost 2 grand.....to be honest I domnt think they are any better.........but I do have dodgy eyesight