Bushnell 4x30 Instafocus Compact Powerview Binocular

by Bushnell

Product Features

• 4x magnification in an ultracompact body
• For general and outdoor users
• Field of view of 650 feet at 1,000 yards
• Insta-Focus allows you to focus with one touch
• Carrying case and neck strap included

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Bushnell LiteVision Compact Powerview binoculars are easy to hold and easy to adjust for the general and outdoor user. They allow you to view an expanse of 650 feet from 1,000 yards away. Built out of the same high-quality material and optics as other members of Bushnell's Powerview series, the Bushnell LiteVision compact binoculars are remarkably compact, light, and portable. These binoculars come with a neck strap and carrying case.

Product Description

Listen up: The PowerView® series offers fully-coated optics for bright, vivid images, Insta-Focus® for fast and easy focus on moving targets. MAGNIFICATION X OBJ LENS- 4 x 30, SIZE CLASS- Compact, FOCUS SYSTEM- Center, LENS COATING- Fully, FIELD-OF- VEW ft@1000yds/ m@1000m- 650/217, CLOSE FOCUS (ft/m )- 20/6, EXIT PUPIL (mm)- 7.5, EYE RELIEF- 15, EYECUPS- Fold Down, WEIGHT (oz/g)- 7.5/215, WATER/FOG PROOF- No

Product Details

Product Manual [40kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 4.9 x 2.6 inches ; 7.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SABA
• Item model number: 130430
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,908 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, September 19, 2001

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Cliff Bauer "Cliff" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bushnell 4x30 Instafocus Compact Powerview Binocular (Electronics)

What a wonderful pair of binoculars! The binocular market is saturated with a plethora of cheap binoculars, and all too often their cheapness nags at you while using them. However, this pair is really special. For so little money, you get an extremely-accurate pair of binoculars that have great focusing ability and commendable optics. When looking at the specs, however, it is hard to tell how much you will enjoy using them - but after using this frequently for astronomy, bird-watching, and general fun, I have found these to be wonderfully comfortable to hold, easy on the eyes and nose, and not too heavy and not too light (too light isn't a good thing - you can't stabilize them). Highly recommended!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst products I've ever seen!, May 12, 2005

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DavidRoss (Woodland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bushnell 4x30 Instafocus Compact Powerview Binocular (Electronics)

The specs look good, but Dr. Goode's review is right on. These are utter junk. I bought them for the wide field of view (advertised as 650' @ 1000 yards). It's more like 150', and the vision is so poor, the image so small, the focus so bad, that they are utterly useless--except, perhaps, as a paperweight. I didn't expect Zeiss quality, but had thought Bushnell was a reputable company. Never again! I bet they haven't sold a single pair of these through brick & mortar stores, because no one would ever buy them if they tried them first.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Poor Quality; falling apart; terrible optics; not worth $1, January 4, 2006

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lawfamily (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bushnell 4x30 Instafocus Compact Powerview Binocular (Electronics)

These are without exception the poorest quality, most dissapointing purchase of the entire 2005 Christmas season! These were purchased to replace the el-cheapo National Geographic plastic job from Target, and since they cost twice as much, I assumed they would be twice as good. Actually, the cheap plastic binoculars were as good as these, but at half the price! I am not impressed in any measure; these never should have passed quality assurance inspections.

Sadly, even the image quality is on par with the $5 plastic cheap chinese crap. It is seriously not even 10% better. Pathetic.

My son (age 4) didn't want me to return these, because due to everyone taking so much time off over the New Year holiday, these just arrived an hour ago, so he was tired of waiting and didn't want to wait for a replacement order to arrive, but I insisted on it; he'll thank me when he realizes how much these binoculars suck. It'll probably take the new binoculars' arrival to convince him that I'm right. :)

Once you push the objective lenses back into the tubes they were supposed to have been installed into originally, you can see that the image quality is so disgustingly poor that these shouldn't cost a dollar. They should be available in a drugstore gumball machine. They really are that bad. Cracker Jack Toy bad. I don't believe I will ever trush Bushnell again enough to order another of their products, ever.