Thread: [NOT REQUIRED] 80 or 100mm binoculars
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Old 12-12-2014, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Mokusatsu View Post
I was hoping for something a little cheaper. Bintel and Andrewscom have $219 20x80s of reasonable quality and with freight plus currency conversion Celestron Skymaster 20x80s (though yours could be the older, high quality ones before they moved their manufacture to China and went for a more affordable price/quality) can be bought from USA for about $175, however I don't entirely trust them to arrive with their collimation intact...

I tried 2 other cheaper brands & they were out of collimation.
These binoculars are so good that I should really keep them.