Hi Steven and welcome to IIS .
80mm binos are huge and you wont be able to hand hold them for long , way to heavy so you need a tripod of some sorts as Daniel say's to use them properly and you will be impressed with the views once they are mounted .
I had a nice pair of 25x100's and the views of DSO's from a dark sky were awesome , you just get lost in space ,, really good using 2 eyes .
To give an idea of what you need , here are my 100mm binos mounted on a set up I made using different gear I had lying around .
Brian.