Bushnell Elite 8x42 Binocular

by Bushnell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 8.2 x 3.8 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AXIT
• Item model number: 62-0842
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,351 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 27, 2003

Product Description

Featuring fully multi-coated optics and BAK-4 roof prisms with PC-3 phase-correcting coatings, Elite binoculars deliver crisper, clearer images with more brilliant color resolution than ever before. Elites focus on subjects as close as 5' away ; a must for serious birders. With long 19.5mm eye relief even eyeglass wearers enjoy an unrestricted field of view. Elites are dry-nitrogen purged and sealed for 100% waterproof protection. The ergonomically shaped rubber armor has a pebble texture for a comfortable grip. Additional features include click-stop diopter adjustment and twist-up eyecups. Comes with soft leather case, eyepiece rain shield, and neoprene neck strap. Lifetime limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Among the finest!, January 28, 2002

By 

Norm D Plumb "fixitman" (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bushnell Elite 8x42 Binocular (Electronics)

These binoculars are among the finest available. Period! I've taken great pleasure in using a pair for studying birds, insects, landscapes, and other wonders of nature. They have all the attributes one would hope for in binoculars. They're optically exceptional. They're comfortable to use. They're waterproof. They're rugged.

One of my favorite attributes is that they can focus very close. I can watch a tick crawling across my foot, a butterfly at a flower just outside my window, or a starfish in a tide pool I'm standing in. They're wonderful!

As I again checked the Amazon page on these binoculars, I saw the exhortation, "Hi Roger, you purchased this item--please tell us what you think. Rate it." Ironically, I wrote this review long before I got the pair I ordered from Amazon. With each subsequent message of delayed shipping, I saw the same exhortation: "Hi Roger, you purchased ... Rate it." Just as if they'd actually been delivered. In fact, I didn't receive them for a few months, after *many* delay notices.

Sending in a review was the only communication method I tried during that time that I know actually got someone's attention. Because it was more a review of Amazon's service on that particular order than a review of the binoculars. Imagine my surprise in seeing my edited review posted on the Amazon web site - helping Amazon to sell more of these binoculars - when Amazon still hadn't managed to deliver mine.

The portion of the review that pertained to Amazon was, of course, censored. And that leaves me wondering how many other reviews that I read here are edited to tell us only the good stuff.

Under the circumstances, I'm asking that Amazon do one of two things. Publish this review on the Amazon web site in its entirety, or remove it completely.

[Edited 10-18-03]

PS - They really *are* great binoculars!