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Joe Ogiba
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Reged: 02/14/02
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Don't spend hundreds more for larger binoculars with inferior viewing power.
I just received the GadgetUniverse catalog in the mail and they have this 20-125x27mm binocular in there showing a woman handholding them with one hand. 
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Pentax PF-80ED
Meade 102ED APO
Orion EON 72
120ST
Apex 127
C6 XLT
CR150
C9.25
XT10
Zeiss 7x42 FL
Canon 10x42L IS WP
15x50 IS
12x36 IS II
Garrett Optical 28x110 HD-WP Signature Series
Oberwerk BT-80 45
Apogee RA-88-SA
Denk II Power x Switch binoviewer w/13mm Ethos, 20mm Pentax XW's, 20mm Widescan III's.
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Anonymous
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WOW.....amazing...just amazing. And you know someone, a poor uninformed soul, will buy it. I see doorstop written all over it.
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 10155
Loc: Lancashire UK
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Joe,
Nothing new about these here in the UK !
I've actually tried some of them out , going so far as to once actually BUYING a 20 -120 x 70 "giant" version for the considerable sum of £250 UK.
Of course , I KNEW I could return them for a FULL refund with no conditions within 28 days if dissatisfied in any way at all , which is the only reason I bought them.
I just wanted to TRY them out !
It would take far too much of time to write a review of them here and now , but now the thought has crossed my mind , I might well write one , just for kicks , sometime in the future , and post it to the mini -reviews.
Just in case ANYONE might have the SLIGHTEST doubt , my conclusion and advice is :
DO NOT BUY 20 -120 ZOOM BINOCULARS !
They are bad for your eyes , bad for your wallet , bad for your reputation and a VERY BAD advertisement for binoculars on the whole.
It makes me CRINGE when I see the ONLY national newspaper advertisements for binoculars of which I'm aware spread over almost half a page , boasting "the WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL BINOUCULARS " followed by 25-150 x 50 or some such totally ridiculous specification.
Underneath, in print so small that the reader could probably use a 25x magnifying glass to see it clearly, is typed the warning - at HIGHER magnifications , a tripod is recommended.
Veering off on that tangent , what I WOULD like to see is a concerted effort by LEADING manufacturers to REALLY try to get the message across about how different from such dross REALLY GOOD binoculars actually are , through the various media available to them.
Regards , Kenny
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If everyone is thinking the same thing , no-one is thinking - General George S.Patton
Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera
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Joe Ogiba
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Loc: NJ USA
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Kenny,
At least 120x from 70mm optics is within reason but 125x from 27mm optics is not. I feel sorry for anyone purchasing a 20-125x compact binocular thinking they can be used handheld as shown in the ad.
Joe
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Pentax PF-80ED
Meade 102ED APO
Orion EON 72
120ST
Apex 127
C6 XLT
CR150
C9.25
XT10
Zeiss 7x42 FL
Canon 10x42L IS WP
15x50 IS
12x36 IS II
Garrett Optical 28x110 HD-WP Signature Series
Oberwerk BT-80 45
Apogee RA-88-SA
Denk II Power x Switch binoviewer w/13mm Ethos, 20mm Pentax XW's, 20mm Widescan III's.
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 10155
Loc: Lancashire UK
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Joe,
I doubt if you've room in your bucket for another 70mm :-)
Regards , Kenny
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If everyone is thinking the same thing , no-one is thinking - General George S.Patton
Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera
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werewolf6977
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Reged: 12/15/03
Posts: 7444
Loc: Hanover, Ohio
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Those sound like the ones I saw in the Delta Skymag in Feb.
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Pete
6" Apogee/LXD55 - "The Beast"
Starhopper 6" Dob - "Shiva"
Spaceprobe 130 EQ - "Spacey"
Bushnell Fatboy
The Abomination
Sun Pak Pro 7500 Platinum Edition
10X25 Bushnell Camo Roofies
7X35 Tasco Classic Plastic (good views though)
7X42 Tasco Rare Bird
10X50 Nikon Actions (Type 7)
15X70 Skymasters - "DroolMeisters"
One ratty old IBM 600E LapTop
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BillC
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Reged: 06/04/04
Posts: 2110
Loc: Washington, USA
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I just received the GadgetUniverse catalog in the mail and they have this 20-125x27mm binocular in there showing a woman handholding them with one hand[/url].
Somebody hold me back!!!!!!!!
Bill
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William J. Cook, Chief Opticalman, USNR-Ret.
Founding Editor, Amateur Telescope Making Journal
20-year vet. of Captain's Nautical Supplies, Optics Dept. Mgr.
Optics Machanic, WG11-3306, Ft. Lewis, Tacoma,WA
Yata, Yata, Yata . . .
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Thick_asa_Planck
Dark Sky Hunter
Reged: 09/04/04
Posts: 3341
Loc: UK
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"Somebody hold me back!!!!!!!!" - lol Bill 
Seriously, the best advice to anyone out there is to immediately discard anything that boasts high magnification in a shopping catalogue that isn't an astronomy catalogue, and even then be wary...
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It is often commonplace to leave the notation ambiguous - Anonymous
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StarWars
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Reged: 11/26/03
Posts: 11636
Loc: At The Movies
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Too small for me...I'll stick with these... 
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=163177
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Rusty
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Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 16406
Loc: Brooker, FL
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Oh, WOW! and they have BAK-7 prisms! Be still, my heart!
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TOA-130S
MK66 Std
Vintage C5
Megrez II 80mm ED Triplet APO
SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II
Sirius EQ-G
ST8XE/CFW-8(LRGBHa)/AO-7/DF-2/STV Dlx/ST237a/350D (Unmodded)/Mallincam Color Hyper Plus/DSI III Color/DSI II Pro
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Maggie and Casey
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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