Whats the best binoculars?
From the ardent birder to the even more ardent sports fan, the purchase of binoculars (or binos to the indoctrinated) can enhance your viewing pleasure. For the voyeur of any kind, this is a purchase that can run from ten dollars to over $1,000. It is important to know what you need before you buy binoculars too imprecise for your task or way too precise and, therefore, unnecessarily expensive. For some good advice on binoculars, you can’t beat a “birder”. Their binocular use includes all climates — hot, cold, wet, dry — and all times of the day from sunrise to sunset and beyond. A birder requires the best binoculars to get an up close and personal view of a bird’s particulars, often when the bird is in flight or hopping from limb to limb. There is no such thing as the perfect binoculars, but there is more than likely a best binocular for your particular application. Before you start shopping, think about how and who will be using the binoculars. • How portable do they need to be? • Ho