Binoculars for £19 ???

[Hunter_zero]

I guess this is a bit of a heads up and review all in one.

I was in the market for a set of binoculars to leave in the car, for some reason I never have my binoculars to hand when I need them but can not justify spending a few hundred pounds on a second set for occasional use.

After reading a few reviews on cheap roof prism binoculars I stumbled across these:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=107160

Supplied in 10x42 flavour and roof prism format and a £19 price tag my feelings were that there was either a catch or these would be seriously bad.
Against my better judgment I placed an order.

I received the binoculars yesterday and I have to be honest and say that I am truly amazed by the optical quality. Okay, there is no comparison to £500 + binoculars but these binoculars are every bit as good as binoculars in the £100 to £200 range. Very good low light ability, light weight but no so light that it screams cheap! The case is cheap, the strap is cheap but the binoculars are great.
Supplied with rain guards, which will fit most 10x42 binoculars (£10 in most shops). The rubber armour is okay to good. Focus is free of back lash and will focus down to about 8 yards. Compared to my Zeiss, I would say based on Zeiss being 90% perfect, these would come in at 75% perfect there is a big difference in price!

If your on the look out for some binoculars and are on a budget, give these a go and if your not happy send them back for a full refund!

John

[rsrjerry]

I totally agree with the above - i also received a pair of these binoculars this week , after reading very good reviews on them and they are brilliant ... for the £

[derek.snr]

bought a few pairs of binos off 7 day ,all have been a1 ,use them for ink an paper print supplies ,mem cards ,and batteries ,scope batteries are really cheap .as are cr2 type torch batteries

[Nick Steele]

You really can't beat 7dayshop for good stuff. Free delivery insude the UK too!

I get all of my CR123 batteries and swiss army knives from them.

No connection, etcetera, except as a happy customer.

[deano]

how do these fare on long range use, depth of field?

[The-Shield]

Thanks, been keeping an eye out for some cheapies like this

[grahamdewitt]

how do these fare on long range use, depth of field?

These binoculars are adequate.... for theatre viewing. I had bought a pair but fortunately my young son broke these in an accident, so I took the opportunity to branch out. The one thing which annoyed me with this pair was that it lacked in long range use and was too bright to use comfortably for extended periods of time in bright daylight, especially with metalic/reflective stuff around.

I considered many sorts of binoculars before settling on a reasonably cheap pair of binoculars from Olympus which I bought from One Stop Retail.com for about £40. I would tell you about it, but it should be the subject of another post and a different review...