[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Today I received a pair of Celestron 10x50 UpClose binoculrars I ordered from centre.net.au.

I checked them out and compared them to my Fujinon 8x42s aimed at the night sky under thin cloud cover. I must say that these are a very good pair for the low price of $65. Fully coated with no dodgy ruby lenses, it seems to work exceptionally well. Mechanically it's also very good. Internal reflections on neighbours' windows were its main shortcomings, when I compared it with my Fujinons. But on the night sky, even when compared with the Fujinons costing about 5 times as much, they did extremely well.

Pity there is no 7x50 or 8x40 model. It's 7x35 or 10x50. And in case you're wondering, I cannot do any more tests on it, because it's been handed onto its intended owner.