Just got these, are they any good?

[JB80]

This was more of a street market in all the sidestreets, most of the sellers lived in the house they were infront of. It was kind of like a big street garage sale. I'm not really fussed as I went with no expectations. I had a look at other bins and some had moisture inside and others loads of scratches.

I'm still waiting on a clear night, if I can find Garrardd with them it's 20euros well spent in my book.

[JimStan]

I have a set of Vivitar 7 X 50s here that are TERRIBLE binoculars! I can't belive they actually carry the Vivitar brand-name. They have that bright yellow coating on them, too, and when you look through them, everything has a BLUE-ISH color cast ! Furthermore, I can never seem to get them aligned to my eyes, and I have a lot of trouble seeing a fully illuminated field with both eyes. That problem seems to be unique to this set of binocs, since I have several other sets that don't exhibit this characteristic !

I'm glad I didn't pay any money for them, and that they were given to me. Otherwise, I would have reason to regret the purchase. Otherwise, they are good for public star parties, because I will not be sad if they get broken or stolen!

Jim S.

[Merlin66]

I use a cheap monopod support for the bino's....... a long handled wooden brush!

You can sit in a chair, press the bino's into the end of the handle and swivel and tilt to your heart's content with good vibrationless motion.

[Guest]

For my penny worth.I would suggest that you wrap up well and sit in a garden recliner chair and just enjoy the view.Views of the sky I'm talking about ,not the windows of the house opposite.Binoculars always show breath taking quantities of stars.

Martin