I bought these CL's after looking through a number of nice binoculars, and reading a lot of reports. They are small, light and clear as a bell. I have not found anything I did not like about the CL's.

I bought these because of the compact size and the quality of the images, primarily for birding. I was using a twenty five year old pair of 7x50 marine binoculars, and Swarovski 8x30 are so superior, especially in terms of ease of focus, sharpness of images, and better image in low light, there is...

Fantastic small birding binoculars! I purchased my first pair of Swarovski binoculars just before a trip to photograph birds. The Swarovski CL Companion 8x30 binoculars were perfect since they are sharp, easy to focus, lightweight and small enough to fit into a pocket of my photo vest when I don't...

Researching all the marketing material, it is obvious that Swarovski Optik had a clear objective with the CL Companion series: The aim was to produce a compact, lightweight binocular at a lower price point that would appeal to a broader spectrum than their top tier models, but still retain as much...

BARGAIN NO PROBLEM GETTING IT FROM GERMANY

Traditionally, the Swarovski's chromatic aberration on the edge is bothersome but, as it was present even in the better Swarovski EL Swarovision series instruments we didn't expect it would disappear in cheaper models.

very stylish; solid; waterproof casing; good transmission; flat field of view; pin-sharp practically to the very edge; excellent colour rendering; very low astigmatism; slight coma; negligible distortion; slight brightness loss on the edge of the field; good quality prisms made of BaK-4 glass,...

high chromatic aberration on the very edge of the field of view; neither a case nor a strap in the box; sharp image only from 2.3 metres