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Originally Posted by Sirius1066
I'm with you on the Dick Smith binoculars. A few members of my group have a pair and they suck to say the least.
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I probably wouldn't go as far as suck. They are usable, but as you say underwhelming. Still at least they are sharp.
If you want something that I'd rate perhaps a 1 or 2/10, take a look through some Fernglas 10x50. I took a look at a pair in a bargain shop yesterday and felt dirty ;-) Everything had a green cast, more colour fringing than a hippy festival, more smudged than the windows on a Cityrail train and they make the DSE binocs look bright. I've seen children's toys that gave a better image. I can only imagine what they'd be like at night. I wouldn't give these to a child. They'd probably make an okay stage prop for a small amateur theatre group, or a good paper weight.
...and yet the 7x50s I mentioned I got for $25 from Homeart are just a tad below the Andrews binocs in quality...
"You get what you pay for" is just incorrect. The correct version is "AT MOST you get what you pay for".