I bought an Olympus DPS I 8-16x40 zoom binoculars for 5.5K, while I was impressed by them of course with that aperture size it certainly isn't the best for astronomy but for terrestrial views it is good and the variable zoom is a useful feature as long as you don't mind losing light while zooming...

Close Focus; Quality Lenses; Works Well With Glasses

Heavy

I bought these six months ago to watch the space station pass overhead. My old pair of 10x50's had finally given up the ghost and these were only a little more expensive than what I had been looking at. Wow...I had no idea what I had been missing.

Recently my sister has bought a new Celestron binocular and it is perfect in performance. The celestron SkyMaster25x70 binocular is ideal for travelling, hick hiking and for outdoor holidays. I borrowed her binocular as I was going for a trip with my college friends.

The range of Celestron SkyMaster binoculars have been synonymous with binoculars for astronomy and for long range terrestrial observation for many years now, but for one reason or another, it has been quite a few years since I last tested and reviewed a pair.

Awesome binocular for both terrestrial and celestial viewing!

These were purchased as an extra "at home" pair. Low-light capability and motion stabilizers were substituted for a lower price, but they were too heavy and awkward to use for more than a few seconds. Not much more magnification than the 60+ year old 12X magnification it was purchased to replace.

price

Large; heavy; awkward

One of the great binocular. It has great picture clarity. Light weight. Easy to use and good magnifying range.

I am very pleased with this binocular, it is very powerful, and have decent optics. At first size seems quite large but ok if looking at magnification and optics diameter. Moon craters are clearly visible and took the first glimpse of surface of moon.

25x magnification is near useless. Everything becomes so blurry you can not see a thing. 10x-15x would be ideal for anything under 100mm. Needs a tripod for astronomical viewing.

Splendid clarity, 70mm allows for stunning views; Light weight and durable.

box was opened when I got it; Looks like they may have been used; There is a white nick in the paint or coating right by 1 of the eye pieces; The coating itself has some sort of defect; It has lighter color lines all over 1 side of it.

Very happy with product and speed to receive

price; user friendly; Good price; Decent glass; Positive adjustments; great first telescope; Beautifully crisp image

May encourage you to buy a big telescope