Binocular Mirror Mounts - Looking for user experience

[AEAJR (Ed)]

I have 10X50 and 15X70 binoculars. I use them hand held and I frequently use the 15X70 on a monopod.

I have seen binocular mirror mounts as an approach to using these and much larger binoculars. But I don't see them mentioned much in the forum discussions. So I am looking for any user reports of any type of mirror mounts.

Here are some examples.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...unts&FORM=IGRE


What do you have?

What is your opinion. Good? Bad?

Looks like it might not be too hard to make one.

Thanks!

[skysurfer]

I never tried, but note that you will see a mirror image, which is unrecognizable, unless you use Skysafari as that app supports flipped maps.
And with the much larger field of binos compared to a refractor with a common mirror diagonal, this can be much more annoying.

And note that the flat mirrors have to be REALLY FLAT, so your bathroom mirror will show you a crappy image.

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Originally Posted by skysurfer

I never tried, but note that you will see a mirror image, which is unrecognizable, unless you use Skysafari as that app supports flipped maps.
And with the much larger field of binos compared to a refractor with a common mirror diagonal, this can be much more annoying.

And note that the flat mirrors have to be REALLY FLAT, so your bathroom mirror will show you a crappy image.

And front surfaced ... you will introduce multiple images if you are looking through the mirror glass.

[AEAJR (Ed)]

Great posts guys.

Front surfaced. Had not thought of that.

Having a "mirror image" might not be an issue for me since I use a Newtonian now.