UpClose G2 10–30x50 Binocular – 10-30x Zoom Binoculars for Beginners – Multi-Coated Optics for Bird Watching, Wildlife, Scenery and Hunting – Porro Prism – Includes Soft Carrying Case

I am starting to injoy these Up Close G2 10-30×50 Binoculars. The optics are of good quality. Clear Bright Images . They are a little difficult to focus at first but as you use them it gets a little easier. Sturdy well built. Not to heavy some were around 2lbs. I do suggest a Trypod for they start to get heavy and shaky after holding awhile. I was able to catch the comet as it went by here in Carmichael ca. This evening 10-15 2024. I could see the heat waves behind the Comet. Do not have phone mount for binoculars. Will need to purchase. The moon was close to full tonight and was able to zoom in to see some craters. Zoom lever works great able to zoom in and out no problem. These are my 1st. Porro Prism Binoculars and I w really like the optics they use. Very good for the money and if you are a beginner to binoculars these would be great to start with. We go camping and hiking alot. And binoculars come in very handy. I use my Nikon Action 22×50 and Bushnell 20×50. Alot as well. I suggest purchasing a hard case if you plane on taking trips with Binoculars. All N all a very good investment. My wife likes using these because there a little liter to hold.

First of all, people need to understand: When ordering binoculars online, especially ones in this range, you are taking the chance you will get a bad pair. Between the factory and the shipping to your door, there's a chance the pair you get WILL BE OUT OF COLLIMATION. This means you will see double and never get a merged focused image. In other words, they'll be useless. If you read through reviews that's the main complaint people have and they conclude the binoculars "just suck". However, it seems the number of bad are outweighed by the number of good ones people received. And Amazon is really good at returns and exchanges, so you really just stand to lose time and convenience having to make the return if they are out of collimation. Having said that... Since my main use is for stargazing I already had gotten the 15x70 SkyMaster, which is also an excellent pair for the price. But because of their size, for hand-held use they can be difficult to use. I can manage pretty well, but my wife definitely had a harder time, so I took a chance with these. Having taken the collimation gamble with the SkyMasters and being a pessimist, I wasn't expecting my luck to be good twice in a row. But these also arrived in collimation and focused just fine. After the relief of that, the second thing I noticed was how much easier they were to hold, and therefore, how much better and stable the image was. Using them at night was just as easy. Between their size and lower magnification I was able to focus in on objects a lot easier than with the SkyMasters. My wife also found them MUCH easier to use. The image is not as close or as bright, but for hand held use the stability of the smaller one wins. However, even though I could see Jupiter and it's moons 'good' with these 10x50's for a longer time, I still switched to the 15x70's for a 'better' but shorter view. That wouldn't be an issue with a good sturdy tripod though and the bigger one would win ~hands down~ (see what I did there?). Like the Skymasters, these came with a thin flimsy soft case, a cheap neckstrap, lens caps, and a tiny microfiber cloth. Unlike the Skymasters, it didn't come with a tripod adapter, which isn't a big deal since most will use them hand-held and the tripod adapter the Skymaster did come with really sucks anyway. It appears to be a well-built pair of binoculars, but that's not saying anything if a good enough bump knocks them out of collimation. Taking that into account, I ditched the flimsy carrying bags for both pairs of binoculars and put them in "Plano Protector Four Pistol" cases. Overkill maybe, but made me feel better. Overall, for $20-30 binoculars, these are really good.

These are actually very nice binos while These are not marketed as astro binos they are capable of giving extremely good veiws of the night sky was able to get pin point stars and with a tripod and the higher power to see quiet alot they don't compete with my 80mm binos but stand tall on their own for a different field of veiw and versatility

I got these UpClose G2, the 7x35 for my wife and the 10x50 for me. Mainly for astronomical use. These may not be astronomically optimized, fully multi coated, pixy dusted binoculars, but these humble $25 binos are good enough for star gazing. They survived international shipping in perfect collimation. Focus works well, images are sharp, views of the stars are amazing. A note on sizes: 7x35 is a great size for more prolonged handheld use. The magnification is also "just right" for navigating the sky, because more constellations and star clusters fit in the field of view. The 10x50 size is heavier, my hands/arms get tired sooner of holding it. The higher magnification means better views of many things (from the moon to Orion's Nebula) but also means a narrower field of view. A note on focusing: learn how to do it! After adjusting the width to your interpupillary distance, put one of the lens caps on the right lense (so that it's blocked and only your left eye sees through). Then aim at a star, and focus the knob until it's looks like a perfect spot. The switch the cap to the left lense, look with your right eye, and rotate the eyepiece (not the center knob!) until the star is again a perfect spot. Then it's done, remove the lens cap and enjoy! The carry bags an lens caps / dust covers they came with are serviceable. All in all, these are good quality an excellent value.

Update: I'm returning these - somewhat reluctantly. They do have marvelous resolution, (counting pine cone seeds at 100 meters) but the right eyepiece holder is such flexible plastic that it is a BIG pain to get both eyepieces in focus, and aimed in the same direction (collimated). A directly related problem that surprised me - they have and amazingly small Depth of Focus. No matter how far away they are focused, Anything at a slightly different distance is out of focus so you must refocus BOTH eyepieces. It was just too much work. I found I was leaving them in the car and taking my far less powerful 7x by 50 binoculars instead. --------- Original: When you get both eyepieces focused correctly - which is not hard, these 20x50 binoculars provide amazing magnification. I could count individual seeds on a pine cone in a tree at 100 yards (100 meters). Another time I saw detailed texture on a sandy beach at 200 yards - almost (ALMOST) sharp enough to make out individual sand grains. Looking at cones in a Monterey Cypress I couldn't believe my eyes. They looked as big as cones on a Monterey pine instead ! Also positive - the lenses are sharp all the way to the edges - which are not that far from the center. These are not $500 Glasses. They cost $30. That means the manufacturer sold them at a profit - at $15. So if you think of these as more like a Dollar store binocs that can do amazing stuff - you will be pleasantly surprised. The view is necessarily small. You have to put your eyes tightly to the eyepieces. I found myself not wanting to use these to search for something because the field of view is so small. I reached for my 7x50s instead for a more relaxed view. I was expecting some difficulty with shaking - and yes that is the case. You do have to steady your elbows to get a more stable view. And when you do - the resolution is amazing. They are solidly built, except for the focus plate that connects the two eyepieces - which is a bit bendy and could affect the right eye focus. The lenses are coated as advertised, the purple tint is obvious. But unless you pay the extra $20 - there's no way to attach a tripod. But for $30 - if you want to try out 20x magnification - they are (and I hate this term) "not bad."

I’m a New York Harbor tugboat captain and I bought these for work. I like them very handy. I like the size and weight. Adjust and Focus easy. Good price, binoculars often get knocked over and prisms get loose making them monoculars. If these get bumped your your not out of a bundle of cash!

Terrible.I bought the 20x50 based on reviews on the lower 7x50 and 10x50 model. I cant believe its an amazon choice and even cant believe it has such a high rating. If I lived in the USA I would have returned it 2 minutes after buying it. I would hope celestron offers to pay for the return. This is the first review I have ever done, and I am only doing it as I feel so upset. This binoculars is a total rip off. 1.It says multi coated lens, I dont even see single coated lens. the lenses are clear (in color) 2.It feels so cheap, the rubber isnt even very neat, I cant believe a big brand like Celestron can sell something that feels so cheap. 3. It suffers from every single flaw a binoculars can have * It has Collimation error (double vision) *Under 100ft everything seems fine, over 100ft you begin to notice how cloudy the lens is. I have other Chinese binoculars and they are much more clear. * The center of the lens seen clear(this is a joke) but towards the edges of the lens, it is very very blurred. *More than 100Ft the details are dull and flat, and colors are dull. The youtube video, (paid by them )makes this binoculars seem like the real deal and presents this binoculars as great value etc but this is all lies. Please dont waste your money

I really like this binoculars!! But at first I had my doubts. I decided to buy binoculars with 2 objectives in perspective, first we like shooting and needed a way to spot our hits at 100 and 200 yards with a 22lr (small hole). Second we live in Costa Rica and like going hiking in the mountains and bird watching. So, as you can see from one perspective we just needed some magnification and for the other picture quality. This binoculars have comply with both challenges, the picture is clear enough and the magnification is great. I would say that the built quality is more that I expected, they are well built and have good quality glass, for the price, i mean of course are not Swarovski or Leupold, but we are really happy with them. For the weight I like it, they weight just enough so you feel them, but not as much is uncomfortable when walking long distances in mountain terrain. Also I have to say they really are waterproof, we have taken a lot of rain with 0 issues at all. I would recommend this binoculars for anyone looking for decent picture quality and a good price for a first.