Binoculars from Lidl
Bill R
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_8360.htm and also
10x25 binoculars for �5.99
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_8359.htm
Bill R
Gordon H
<bi...@compsols.wanadoo.co.uk> writes
failed to find a cure for double vision through the two lenses.
In fact whilst adjusting the RH optic for the difference between my two
eyes the lens unscrewed, and although I replaced it I couldn't get the
two lenses to line up on the same image.
(It's a LH thread, by the way, if anyone else tries it)!
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Gordon H
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Bertie Doe
"Gordon H" <Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid>
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I saw a pair of 10x25's from Argos @ �40, AFTER they
let me take them into the carpark to test. I liked them
so I purchased. "We've got some Pentax, Nikon, Nat
Geog, Canon, which sir can test also". Price range
�120 - �240. Needless to say I declined, my budget was
sub �50 and I new I'd get all bitter and twisted, if I
tested the branded names.
Looking in Fleabay, you can pay �1000 for 2nd hand
exotica -- Ignorance is bliss.
norm
Bought one a few months ago.
Some sort of slight collimation problem unless you carefully align
eyes with eyepiece. Min focus poor for watching birds on bird
feeder. Still OK if you can accept limitations.
Bill R
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Agreed with these binoculars you may not be able to view the bird table but
you can see birds at a longer distance. Similarly with other binoculars you
may not be able to view the bird at a longer distance but you can view the
bird table. It's horses for courses. We just keep a lower powered
binocular to view the bird table.
Bill R
Anne Burgess
apart on a bus in Australia a couple of years later.
So I bought a pair in Hong Kong for �25. They fell apart on a
hilltop in Chile after a few months.
So I bought a really cheap pair in Santiago for �10. They just
about lasted until I arrived home.
So I bought a really good pair in Edinburgh for �300. That was
over 10 years ago and in spite of having a really hard life they
are still working perfectly, albeit looking a bit battered. And
they focus at almost any distance from about 5 metres upwards,
and the image is bright.
Anne
Alf King
Top of the range bins are indeed excellent and very robust but the
recent price hikes are phonomenal and would put such things out of the
range of all but very few. Imagine paying �1800 for Swaro's when they
were less than half that price three years ago?
The mid-range manufacturers will be ruling the roost soon I believe.
I've bought the cheap Lidl bins in the past for myself and as a gift
for a "not very interested" daughter. They're worth their price, but
no more than that.
Mind you, if you don't know what you're looking at it shouldn't make
any difference.
:-)
Alf King
Turnstone
<alfk...@hotmail.co.uk> writes>>I bought a pair of 10x25s for abut �ｿｽ50 many years ago. They fell
>>apart on a bus in Australia a couple of years later.
>>
>>hilltop in Chile after a few months.
>>
>>about lasted until I arrived home.
>>
>>over 10 years ago and in spite of having a really hard life they
>>are still working perfectly, albeit looking a bit battered. And
>>they focus at almost any distance from about 5 metres upwards,
>>and the image is bright.
>>
>>Anne
>
>
>Top of the range bins are indeed excellent and very robust but the
>recent price hikes are phonomenal and would put such things out of the
>were less than half that price three years ago?
>
>The mid-range manufacturers will be ruling the roost soon I believe.
>
>I've bought the cheap Lidl bins in the past for myself and as a gift
>for a "not very interested" daughter. They're worth their price, but
>no more than that.
>
>Mind you, if you don't know what you're looking at it shouldn't make
>any difference.
>
and were my retirement present to me! Last November I lost them in the
Botanic Garden in Wellington/NZ. Much misery and self recrimination:
however, I claimed under my household insurance producing the old
receipt (not my travel insurance) and got the full replacement value
(less the small excess amount). I did not expect that level of
service/compensation and was lucky to get the last got the last pair in
the shop of those which were by then �ｿｽ1200 and are now, as Alf says,
�ｿｽ1800. The difference in quality is minimal in the "new " model and
would not appear to be worth a 50% hike. The value of the Pound vs. the
Euro was cited as one of the main reasons and while that may be true it
goes very little way to justifying that level of price hike. FWIW the
retailer told me they used to sell about 1 pair of Swaros every month;
now they sell 1 pair every 9 months. However, I have them now and they
are brilliant!! And I hope not to lose them before I pop my clogs.
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Turnstone
Christina Websell
"Gordon H" <Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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I can only say that my Lidl bins (Mead 10x50) are still working perfectly
several years after I got them.
They are no good for garden work and are terribly heavy but if I bird at
Watermead Park
http://www.birstall.free-online.co.uk/NatHist/WCP.html
they suit me just fine.
Tina
Gordon H
<anne.a...@btinternet.com> writes
to carry. I have had the opportunity of using a companion's �250
binocs, and all I can say is if I get another pair I will be spending
rather more.
The LiDL ones are ok for keeping permanently in the car.
Bertie Doe
"Gordon H" wrote in message
> My Nikkon 9x25s have outlasted my LiDL binoculars and
> are light and easy to carry. I have had the
> opportunity of using a companion's �250 binocs, and
> all I can say is if I get another pair I will be
> spending rather more.
>
> The LiDL ones are ok for keeping permanently in the
> car.
I have a pocket sized 8 x 21s, closed it measures 100mm
x 63mm. It's about 10 years, bought abroad, no makers
name and is ideal for a bird-tabling distance of
metres.
Sadly one lens has a slight fogginess. It's rubberized,
but I guess this is to protect against knocks, rather
than moisture ingress. There's an outside possibility
that it may be stained with something. Would spectacle
cleaner/spray be ok, anyone? Thanks.
Turnstone
<monteb...@ntl.com> writes
and what they recommend if it's treatable.
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Turnstone
Bertie Doe
"Turnstone" <Turn...@shoreline.co.uk> wrote in
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Thanks Turnstone, I'll get a price from them and ID the
problem.
Anne Burgess
Yes. I have a pair of Lidl 10x50s in the car, and a pair in each
of our holiday cottages available for all and sundry to use.
Anne
