This is a very thorough review of compacts. https://www.cloudynights.com/BVD/Compacts-about-pockets-and-wallets.php
> On 03/06/2024 10:06 AM CST Stephen Greenfield <tapacul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I believe the best source of binocular information on the Internet, by far, > is allbinos.com. Unfortunately for this question, they don't have many > extensive reviews of smaller binoculars; here the ranking table for the > smallest binoculars they do, 8x32s: > https://www.allbinos.com/allbinos_ranking-binoculars_ranking-8x32.html > You can follow the links to the extensive reviews, but the tables show the > overall score and price, so here for example, you can see the Nikon-HG L > 8x32 DCF has an overall rating that is 94% of the highest-rated model, at > 30% of the price. (The prices are in zlotys - the site is in Poland! - but > the relative numbers in US$ are probably similar. > They also have rankings for other models based on user reviews, but those > are not extensive, Here's one for 6x30s: > https://www.allbinos.com/Readers_ranking-binoculars_ranking-6x30.html. > The list of all the ranking tables is here: > https://www.allbinos.com/rankings.html > > -- > Stephen Greenfield > Minneapolis > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 19:19:49 +0000 > From: Miller Johnson <johnson-mil...@msn.com> > Subject: Compact Binocular Advice Please > > Dear birders, > I'm doing a bus tour in Italy next month that will not be for birding, but > I will have some free time most days. I normally carry my Swarovski 8.5x42 > bins when I travel, but I think they'll just be too heavy for the amount of > use I expect to get out of them on this trip. > > Do you have recommendations for smaller and lighter-weighted binoculars for > travel? I use my "big" binoculars most days but, as I age, I'll probably > have more use for a lighter pair long-term anyway. Budget is in the $1000 > range, but willing to go up if it'll make a big difference. > > Thanks for any guidance you can provide. Emailing me directly will help > keep the clutter off these list-serves, especially as we're going to be > getting a lot of traffic as spring seems to have sprung! > Molly Jo Miller > Dakota Co > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
