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Review on 🌲 Explore the Outdoors with Celestron Outland X 8x42 Binoculars - Waterproof, Fogproof, and Ideal for Adults - Featuring Multi-Coated Optics and BaK-4 Prisms - Enhanced with Protective Rubber Armoring by Andrew Kamkoff

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Excellent general purpose binoculars

These are fairly high quality binoculars that perform well for the price. They also come with some nice accessories. All components work fairly well, except that the eyecup spacing adjustment is overly sensitive. When putting on the rubber eyepiece cap, they are rotated/adjusted. You must set them to the maximum if you bring them close to your eyes, or to the minimum if you wear glasses. They are very good for bird watching and in low light. This allows you to focus and has a wide field of view, making it easy to follow movement. For night and low light use, you need the largest possible lens to let in as much light as possible. 42mm is big enough for lenses (a 7x50 would be better, but you'll have to switch to a porro prism design, which makes for a large/heavy binocular. If you need binoculars for stargazing, I'd suggest at least that to buy 10x42 version.Big lens and big zoom is very helpful.So you can consider binoculars with tripod zoom.A telescope would be even better:3 It's 8x42 which is quite rare and big size for mounting of LHC-4.8x is ideal for a large field of view and a short focal length (about 9ft to infinity).The large 42 lens is quite large, which gives you a good view in low light and also expands the field of view even more.BAK -4 there will be better quality which is quite noticeable compared to other BAK prisms or cheaper porro prisms, I suspect it's from the same Chin This manufacturer as are many normal 8-1's 0x48 BAK-4 binoculars with no brand/fake brand floating around are in the $60-$80 range. The company logo is a plastic sticker on a removable nut. The inscription "outlandx" is immediately erased with a finger. Even if they're made in the same factory, the prices here are fair, and typically US companies do their own quality control to weed out any lower-end devices that slip through cheaper brands. Aside from the renaming, the overall quality is pretty good. The body is completely covered with a thick rubber sheath. It's bonded fairly well and should offer adequate durability. The lenses are clear and sealed/waterproof so you don't have to worry about particles/moisture getting into them. If desired, you can mount it on a tripod by unscrewing the logo cap. The lens caps have a ring to hold them to the binoculars and are tight enough not to fall off when flipped down. The eyepiece cover is flexible and divided on one side. You can simply tie a strap (e.g. paracord) around the undivided side and attach to the included neck strap so you don't have to worry about losing it. They wear them high on the chest or low on the waist. The supplied bag is stuffed and processed decently. It has a strap with a clip and two D-rings. There is also a pocket where you can put a small exercise book or microfiber cleaning cloth.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Safety