Celestron 8x42 Outland x Binoculars

We lecture on cruise ships -my subject is astronomy. For night sky sessions I wanted a smaller lightweight inexpensive pair with reasonable lightgrasp to check the sky. The price was a little less than a X Cel LX eyepiece! Lightweight, great resolution and contrast, good colour in the stars, good field width 6.8deg. Great value, compact and very useful.

Great pair of binoculars and value for money. Good quality build but a little heavy and cumbersome for carrying around any distance. The focus facility is a little fiddly but otherwise highly recommended. Picstop were excellent in supplying the goods, with first class communication and delivery. I would have no hesitation in purchasing from them again.

I've needed a good pair of binoc's for a while, I'm a bird watcher and I've been making do with an old cheap pair of binocs and a spotting scope. These binoculars are spectacular, they provide the vision I require to spot birds and are lightweight and sturdy enough to be carried anywhere. I like the rubber lense cups that hang on the binocs when removed from the lenses and yet are not in the way at all, and they provide excellent protection to the lenses. Most of the top of the line binoculars are way out of my price range, and are probably overkill, I chose the Celestron "Outland" 8x42's because they offer all the features that I require, they are manufactured by a company whose binocs are recommended by bird watching organizations and this model was priced at an ... MoreI've needed a good pair of binoc's for a while, I'm a bird watcher and I've been making do with an old cheap pair of binocs and a spotting scope. These binoculars are spectacular, they provide the vision I require to spot birds and are lightweight and sturdy enough to be carried anywhere. I like the rubber lense cups that hang on the binocs when removed from the lenses and yet are not in the way at all, and they provide excellent protection to the lenses. Most of the top of the line binoculars are way out of my price range, and are probably overkill, I chose the Celestron "Outland" 8x42's because they offer all the features that I require, they are manufactured by a company whose binocs are recommended by bird watching organizations and this model was priced at an affordable price for me.