First thing out the box, you will notice how heavy these binoculars are, so first things first get yourself a sturdy tripod. Designed for low light, astronomy and long distance terrestrial use. The image you get is very bright and contrasty, but chromatic aberration is very strongly evident (even more so than the 70mm sky masters). At the time of this review, they can be picked up for around £109, so despite the issue with false colour, you are still getting a lot of binocular for your money.
Unlike many observational binoculars with individual eye piece focusing, you get the standard central adjuster. The eye cups fold down, and I would recommend having them folded down at all times to get full view. They are long eye relief, but the eye cups simply come out to far.
For astronomy, you will get beautiful wide field views of the Heavens. Also ideal for tracking Jupiter’s satellites.
They are well suited for terrestrial use, but the big 80mm lenses will increase the heat haze on a hot day. For best results use on a cool or cloudy day to overcome this problem
There are better 80mm binoculars out there, but if you are on a budget you will struggle to find a better buy in this price range
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