Steiner Marine Binoculars for Adults and Kids, 7x50 Binoculars for Bird Watching, Hunting, Outdoor Sports, Wildlife Sightseeing and Concerts - Quality Performance Water-Going Optics, Black

Fantastic and purchased LIKE NEW for super bank for my bunk. Very clear, distance is excellent. FWIW doesn’t ZOOM in on like someone might think a camera does. You can see far and farther and with excellent clarity.Auto focusNot super heavy, not lightEasy to scopeArrived quickly, packaged well with original case and lanyard. Thank YOU! We will get a lot of use out of these binoculars.

Very good binoculars for the price-point. Well substantial construction, very sharp and wide field of view, they should last a long time. Some may find them a bit heavy.

I don't have a lot of experience comparing these to other marine binos, but i can compare them to other hunting binos like the 10x42 Bushnell Trophy (~$100) I bot for elk hunting. Those are roof prism vs these Bushnells (like most marine) are porro prism.This summer I pledge to take them both on the boat and test them side by side for clarity, although not really fair compairng $100 vs $300 optics. The $ are n the glass, and while neither is high end item both are excellent value.Interesting that I do find the Bushnell's better at color definition when hunting vs the Steiners on the water, but that might be just me projecting. To really compare side by side I would have the take the Steiner's elk hunting and that's not going to happen due to weight. Maybe I will try a side by side in CO when glassing this year in Oct.I use these while fishing LI Sound mostly to see other boats, bunker balls and shore features.I fish a 22" Grady. If I had a bigger boat or ran Charters I would prob step up to the Navigator or Commander Series after checking them out,. But as I found out through research on hunting bino's and spotting scopes, every step up in price brings an increase in quality, but at a decreased rate.The $300 I paid for these is definitely worth it over the $100 cheap set I lost overboard, and the various small binos' and monoculars I was using in 2018,Very good entry level marine choice. They are all the bino I need on LI sound considering wave action is not ocean level, always in sight of shore and nice clarity out to 500 yards is the primary use. Not to say they don't do a good job at long range for 7x50, but it's tough on a boat that is pitching in 3' ft chop to get more than a glimpse without risking a headache.Low light (early morn and dusk) they are excellent. The 50mm objective lens is great for these situations.I like the glass, and although had only one season they took a normal boat beating - being dropped, salt water on len's and body, etc. I expect them to last years.If you are looking for a good marine bino I highly recoomend these for the $. Unless you have a specific need to more magnification, 7x50 is a great choice for on the water use as any higher and you will have trouble fixing on target and keeping without excellent hand eye coordination and risk of a quick head and eye ache.

They have a sharp image and are a huge improvement over my ancient pair of binoculars. And I like the compact size of them. They are pretty heavy and a little hard for me to hold steady, but it’s not a problem since I have experience with long camera lenses so can adapt just fine.

I was looking for an upgraded pair of binoculars and these caught my eye. Great optics, great price, and they work well with or without your eyeglasses. The only downside that I can note is the fact that they’re pretty heavy. But they’re sturdy!

The Steiner Marine 7x50 binoculars have met my (admittedly high) expectations. The Sports Auto-Focus is great -- even better on my Marine pair than the Predator models that I looked at in Academy Sports. It makes changing from viewing one object to another fast and easy. They are very clear too. With the focus set at the closest range I can read the buttons on my microwave from across my small trailer. Using them out of doors the foliage really pops out (even when overcast). In almost complete darkness they enable one to see things the naked eye cannot. I have used them at night when I could barely see to walk around. The view through the binoculars was hardly affected at all. Once I used them to look from my parent's back yard, across the (six-lane) interstate, into the parking lot of the local community college at night. I could see the bugs playing around the streetlights!I hadn't seen this particular pair in person, so they surprised me with their light weight -- some people had called them heavy online. They must be very frail people. This pair is much, much lighter than the Sears brand ones my parents got me 15+ years ago that are smaller. Compared to all steel binoculars the Steiners hardly weigh anything. They are not so light that image-shake is a problem however. The weight combined with the 7 magnification makes for an easily stabilized view.One other thing of note is the 22mm of eye relief. That is a very helpful feature to me since I wear eyeglasses. Other binoculars with less eye relief have been problematic for me -- even ones with 19mm eye relief made by Steiner. Of course, for those who do not wear glasses, the rubber eye-cups can be folded out to reduce the amount of eye relief. In that mode people with normal vision do not seem to have any problem with them.So far I am pleased with the binoculars in every detail but one. The strap sucks. It is way too thin, and I could imagine that after a day in the field the binoculars would really dig into one's shoulders with the supplied strap. What is a little odd is that the case that came with them is rather nice and has a comfortable, wide strap attached to it... The package also came with a little cleaning cloth, which was kind of a nice touch.For the price, $260 through Amazon with free shipping, I think the Steiner Marine 7x50 model is fantastic. It would certainly be hard to beat the performance in that price range!

The media could not be loaded. These binoculars are incredible. The clarity and focus is absolutely perfect! Very sturdy!