Reviews - Celestron Nature 8x42 Roof Prism Waterproof Binoculars, Black 71326 Reviews - CI-BI-71326

Author: Renan Oliveira , Biologist/Ornithologist, from Londrina on May 13, 2011
Pros:  Great definition, strong construction, Smooth focus
Cons:  The rainguard can't be attached firmly to the Neck Strap because of it's passer's open "J" form.
Would recommend:  yes

Renan Oliveira wrote:

Again celestron is surprising with amazing quality in absolute affordable price. I had a celestron Outland 8x42 binocular first, but it somehow started to fog from inside in the left lenses, maybe because I droped and beat it too much in the field, so the seal that keeps the Nitrogen inside it broke. As I realy enjoyed the Outland optical quality I gave celestron another try, but this time I looked for a binocular model with a "No Fault Lifetime Guarantee", and then I found those Celestron Nature series. They are more expensive than the Outland of course, but you can have a new binocular no matter how you managed to "destroy" it, just paying the shipping taxes and about 25U$ for them to analyse your binocular and send you a new one. For me it's quite fair, thinking that some more expensive binoculars with lifetime guarante are "free" to get a new one, but you pay 5x or more to buy the first one. By the way, when I had this Nature Series in my hands I compared it to my old Outland, and ...
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