Itching to try these --------

[Polar Bear]

Has anyone tried a pair of these ? they look ideal for wide field views and maybe meteor watching .

Or would I just look a pillock !

They are 3.5x mag and have individual eye focus.

[CGolder]

Wife Disownment springs to mind looking at these, i really could only see one practical use for these, that's if you were Rick Moranis.

[Nexus 6]

I woulnt let anyone see you wearing those Polar Bear!

Alan

[brantuk]

I'd only wear those if I was tooled up doing a night raid behind enemy lines lol

[Macavity]

Good for that Steampunk image?

[Talitha]

Go ahead and buy them PBear, you know you want to.

(... btw, we want pictures! )

[brianb]

My aunt (who developed fairly severe sight problems due to diabetes & glaucoma, she was in fact registered blind) had a pair of these, they enabled her to watch TV. I thought they looked interesting & managed to borrow them long enough to get a peek through, the optical quality was somewhat appalling, they're Galilean design with a very limited field of view and don't even seem to be achromatic. They were also very uncomfortable to wear (& I'm a long term speccy).

So, for improving the life of the near blind, good; for astronomy, awful. A decent pair of opera glasses would work better and also be a lot more stylish (IMHO).

[perrin6]

If glasses make people look intelligent, those would make you look super-intelligent !

[Mr Spock]

I have only one thing to say about these:

Should have gone to Specsavers...

[Polar Bear]

I have only one thing to say about these:

Should have gone to Specsavers...

As a quirk of fate, I have received a free eye test offer from them this morning !

Thanks for the input , looks like I had better give them a miss , especially as my beloved would probably either disown me or have me committed !

However head mounted low power bins seem a good idea , maybe I'll have to design my own.

Paul

[lukebl]

Sorry, but those of us of a certain age might be reminded of this Les Dawson character:

[Polar Bear]

Sorry, but those of us of a certain age might be reminded of this Les Dawson character:

Cosmo Smallpiece , 'knickers knackers knockers' if I remember rightly......

[greenkat]

Wow, I was thinking of upsizing my 36" tv to a 50",

If I get some of these it would effectivly turn my 36" into a 126"

Just have to remember to keep the curtains shut while watching telly

[lukebl]

Cosmo Smallpiece , 'knickers knackers knockers' if I remember rightly......

Ah yes, that was his name. Obviously it's something which will be lost on our younger/non-UK members!

[E621Keith]

A photo of you wearing it will make a good avatar

[Moonshane]

these would be great to get rid of annoying salesmen at the door. you could answer the door wearing them and shouting back into the house 'for god's sake, keep him back, keep him back' or something similar?