The 2010 Binocular of the Year awards have been announced at Binoculars.com. The winners for seven selected categories were posted recently and the selections are worthy. Any time I see an award given to a binocular I always remember its still only an opinion. I have personally done field testing trying to conclude the never [...]
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
New Swarovski EL SwaroVision Binoculars - The best just got better? When Swarovski told us the EL binoculars were getting on upgrade, we were curious how the heck they planned on making them any better. The Swarovski EL Binocular has always been known as the benchmark of ultra-high-end optics. In October 2009, Swarovski announced the all new EL [...]
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The best spotting scope money can buy just got better. New for 2009 Swarovski Optik has introduced a brand new version of the infamous Swarovski Spotting Scopes. The former Swarovski ATS and STS models were available in both 65mm and 80mm objective lenses and also your choice of standard definition lenses or HD lenses. These models have [...]
Monday, August 24, 2009
Great binoculars for outdoor concerts Over the weekend I attended the George Thorogood and Jonny Lang concert. It was an outdoor venue and I thought this would be an excellent place to test some binoculars for viewing outdoor concerts. I only had one parameter to fill, the binoculars needed to be compact, lightweight and easy to [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
Hands down the best selling binocular we have ever known is the Nikon Monarch binoculars. Nikon has announced they will be on sale through October 31st 2009. Nikon is offering a 50$ Mail-In Rebate on top of the already discounted prices! For customers who may not have been considering the higher price-point Nikon Monarch Binoculars, now [...]
Friday, April 3, 2009
Alpen Optics has released its new “Pink” series of binoculars. For every sale of this binocular, Alpen will make a donation to the NBCF National Breast Cancer Foundation. “Pink is the color most associated with breast-cancer research,” says Vickie Gardner, vice president of Alpen Optics. “Our new line of Alpen Pink is more than just a pink [...]
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Leupold Yosemite binoculars have been one of my favorite series of binoculars since they arrived, and surprisingly they don’t get a lot of attention. They are an amazing value and fill a much needed niche in the binocular assortment. So many of you have asked for a binocular that had a lower magnification than the standard 8x and 10x [...]
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