Budget binos

VssF

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Im after some 8x binos for woodland stalking. Budget of 250. They dont have to be new. What do we suggest i look for?
 
R3 bushnells, out selling Leopolds of the same price purely on quality of view as judged by customers.
 
Minox or Carson VP series - as fyi, the Carson VP 842 are £161 on Amazon and are amazing for the price. I used to work for Carson/ spearhead them in europe, and I used those Binos extensively for stalking. I’d take them as my daily Binos most times frankly. Probably bear value and I’d say worth around d £500 for what you get.

As fyi. I have used Zeiss bgats 7x for most of my stalking life, which are amazing! But, there’s not much in it apart from quality of build
 
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I have two pair of cheap binos, one Carson and the other Konus. Both do the job pretty well.
My advice for that budget would be second hand Opticron bda
 
Neighbours in our village went on a safari recently - they asked about binoculars and, although not having them myself, I followed the recommendations on here and told them to buy Vortex, suggesting I could always sell them on if they decided when they got back that they didn’t want to keep them.

They got out there and the guide had exactly the same binos. When they got back they told me that the binos were fantastic, and that there was no way they were selling them on.
 
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