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RAD

compact and great clarity.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2018

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Small, compact and great clarity.

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Lucius

Mostly excelent.

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019

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Just got these, so of course it is cloudy, and I am writing instead of gazing. These are a bit of a strange form factor, I only get two fingers on the lens barells, so they feel quite dense, but I think they will be easier to hold steady then full sized binocs.

These are a really nice piece of equipment with a couple of caveats.
Pros:
Fit and finish. This is the first Vixen product I have owned, and they feel as silky and well machined as the ones I have touched over the years.
Glass seems good.
The focusers seem precise and hold focus well.

Cons:
Not threaded for filters! It should be easy enough to hack something together, but I was surprised and disappointed.
The wrist/neck strap. It is too big for a wrist and too small for a neck, and generally feels flimsy. The eye of the attachment point is so small it was hard to get the string through, and will be difficult to adapt another strap.

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Bear Flag

High quality glass. Increases vision about 2 magnitudes. Made in Japan.

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019

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I've never owned a pair of wide-field binoculars before, but I've spent countless hours looking through regular binoculars and rifle scopes and this piece has excellent glass. It increases your vision about 2 magnitudes, so from the typical suburban backyard, who can make out every star on a planisphere, but not much more, which actually makes using a planisphere very easy. The inner 10 degrees is in focus, but the outer 10 degrees has a bit of a blur to it. It has a single-point lanyard that fits around your neck, so you can kind of keep it in the middle and even use it simultaneously with another pair of normal binoculars (with some occasional tangling). I want to point out that this is made in Japan, in contrast to some of the other garbage that Vixen sells that is made in China and is of completely random quality.

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Eileen Engle

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2015

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Better than I'd hoped.

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Jerry

So clear and wide

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2018

I bought this for using at concerts and it's worked wonders in clarity. It actually makes things clearer than my glasses do (I probably need a new prescription...). Only downside is it seems difficult to get great clarity while wearing glasses.

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D G Davies

If it was only for the enhancement of the display ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2017

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If it was only for the enhancement of the display of the Northern Lights which I recently viewed using these binoculars I would be giving them 5 stars.

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メイドイン埼玉

Reviewed in Japan on May 29, 2020

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流星群観望用に購入
裸眼より見えます。
眼鏡より視界が狭いです（あたりまえか）
つくりの良さを楽しむモデルかも
店頭で実際に見る事をおすすめします。
（1人1人求めるものが違いますから）

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Didier

Pas convaincu

Reviewed in France on September 25, 2022

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Pour avoir regardé une vidéo d'un influenceur en parler, j'espérais des jumelles peu voire pas grossissantes du tout mais augmentant sensiblement la luminosité des étoiles, me permettant ainsi d'en voir beaucoup plus qu'à l'oeil nu... Je n'ai pas vu de différence significative :(
J'en suis content quand même, je retesterai quand j'irai en zone sans pollution lumineuse du tout, les jumelles font vraiment bonne impression, par contre elles sont lourdes.

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Discipulus

Nutzen unklar

Reviewed in Germany on November 17, 2018

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Ich habe dieses Binokular mit einem typischen Fernglas verglichen, Olympus 8x40 DPS-I Classic Fernglas für 60 Euro, indem ich mit beiden Geräten den Sternenhimmel betrachtet habe. Das billigere Modell von Olympus gewinnt. Das Vixen hat ein weiteres Gesichtsfeld, sodass man teilweise ganze Sternbilder sehen kann. Dafür hat es zwei große Nachteile gegenüber dem Olympus:

- Die Ränder des Gesichtsfeldes sind stark verschwommen. Der verschwommene Bereich ist ziemlich breit.
- Man sieht weniger Sterne als mit dem Olympus, das Lichtsammelvermögen ist deutlich geringer.

Fazit: Für mich ist ein normales Fernglas die bessere Wahl.

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松田秀夫

眼鏡をかけても使用できる。

Reviewed in Japan on October 24, 2020

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夜空を見たい時に手軽に使えるのが良い。購入後、都市部ではなかなか条件の良い日に恵まれず、双眼鏡の評価としてはこれから。眼鏡をかけたままでも使用できる。日本製の信頼。

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