zoom binoculars

Saruman

Aldi have zoom binouculars 8-24x50
€19.99

mobile04

not bad but they got plastic lenses on them

if they get near very hot or very cold places they fog up and takes ages
to clear up


i got a pair .

but a good deal for the cost

Seanie M

The ones I got 2 years ago (same brand etc) have glass in them... are you sure about the plastic lenses?

And they are a fantastic buy alright.

Seanie.

mobile04

mabye the ones you got 2 years ago are glass

but mine are deffo plastic

cause i opened them up.

i know that in most things theres grade a and grade b stuff


for example
i got sony blank vhs 4 hour tapes in lidl for 5 euro

and i was in liverpool and got the same sony tapes
but when i opened the plastic wraping
the stickers were cheap looking and on the flip top of the cassette
where you can see the spool of tape there was no sony markings

i emailed sony europe
and the reply i got was they have grade a and grade b stuff
so id say its a simalar case.

hope this info helps you mate

its just based on what happened me..

Saruman

you sure its plastic?? what brand did you get??

mobile04

a copy of zenith brand

... simalar name

Capt'n Midnight

LIDL next monday

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20041213.p.Binoculars - €19.99

Binoculars

* Includes carrying case with strap, lens protection caps and cloth
* High resolution binoculars with brilliant contrast
* Material Aluminium and black plastic, Blue lenses, Glass Type BK-7
* 8-24 enlargement with a 50mm lens case
* Authentic colour reflection (high reproduction of tonal values) - shortest close up : 8mm, visual field from 1000m: 78m, light intensity: 25
* Price per item

sounds like this stuff

http://bobmay.astronomy.net/refractor/Refrdesign.htm

# BK7--a borosilicate "crown" glass
....
Both of these glass types are easy to work, being softer than Pyrex, but are very stable, and weather resistant.

m4cker

i was under the impression that binoculars would set you back a fortune

Capt'n Midnight

m4cker wrote:

i was under the impression that binoculars would set you back a fortune

Good ones would.
I'd imagine that zoom ones would not be as goods 8x50's because of moving parts to misalign. Also since there are more bounces and prisms in them binoculars loose more light than a scope.
But a good pair of binoculars is better than a very cheap toy scope.

Saruman

I also have the 10x50's i got at the astronomy shop years ago. the aldi ones are for my dad for christmas to birdwatch in his garden and for me as a pair to carry in the car. I got 2 of them