Nikon Monarch ATB 8x42

Recently, my father let me borrow a pair of his VERY expensive Swarvoski binoculars. I was extremely impressed and decided to buy a nice pair for myself. Not wanting to spend $1,800+ on binoculars unless… absolutely necessary, I did a fair amount of research and settled on these, with the idea that I could send them back if necessary. I'm not sending them back. I'm not sure they have quite the "wow" factor as my fathers, but they're pretty darn close. I was extremely impressed with the quality of the image and the brightness. The images are extremely crisp, the binoculars feel very good in my hand and are extremely comfortable to use and are worth every penny. I agree with other reviewers regarding the lens cap covers -- they're cheap and fairly useless. But they stay on in the case and serve their purpose. No big deal. I very highly recommend these binoculars for anyone wanting a very nice quality pair of binoculars without breaking the bank.

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After thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail this year I decided I wanted to stay close to nature and began searching for a good set of binoculars that wouldn't break my bank account (as always, Amazon had the… best price!). I wanted a set mainly for birding and nature spotting. The decision to purchase the Nikon Monarch 8x42mm All-Terrain model was a good one. No wonder they won best mid-priced bino as rated by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. These are lightweight, solid, water and fogproof, and provide good eye relief fro eyeglass wearers. The first time I took them out on a local bird walk I was amazed at the image quality. Now they're my favorite "go to" binoculars. They'll be yours too.

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I purchased this from Amazon and got a great price and read many reviews on the web. I received them 3 days after I ordered. It was in time for my deer hunting trip over a bean field in driving rain. They… performed very well considering it was a hard rain for 3 hours. As stated in other reviews the rain guard caps do suck but it certainly wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. My eyes aren't as good as they use to be being just south of forty but I could easily see spike horns at 200 yards in the last hour of daylight so to me thats worth the price alone and ofcourse it can't fog up. It doesn't matter what magnification or how bright it is if they are fogged up.

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