Carson Close-Up Monoculars

by Carson

Product Features

• 7x18-Millimeter magnification/close focus to 10-Inch
• Carson optical offers all the benefits of standard 7x power monocular plus an extreme close focus
• 472-Feet field of view
• Compact and light weight
• Weighs 1.8-Ounce

Product Description

The CF-718 Close-Up from Carson Optical offers all the benefits of standard 7x power Monoculars plus an extreme close focus of only 10 inches. You'll be able to view details of faraway objects as well as the objects right in front of you. This Monocular is so compact and lightweight you can take it with you anywhere. The CloseUp Monocular is perfect for butterfly viewing or low vision needs.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 inches ; 1.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0010KZJXC
• Item model number: CF-718
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,019 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #5 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics > Monoculars

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carson Close-Up Monocular: a great optical device!!, September 14, 2009

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Michael J. Schmidt (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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The Carson Close-Up Monocular is a great optical device! It has excellent optics, is easy to use, is small and light weight. It has the additional advantage of being able to focus at an extremely close distance, I believe of about 10 inches!!! This makes it great for looking not only at birds, distant mountains, etc. but also at paintings in museums, cool things I don't want to touch - like spiders or bugs, etc. It appears to be well built and sturdy too. It's quite compact and lightweight, lighter than a tiny monocular I had planned to take on an upcoming trip. This Carson monocular has replaced my old monocular and because of its small size and weight it will likely replace my binoculars for birding, hiking, etc.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only(?) Close Focus 7X Telescope <$40 - great at any price, February 4, 2010

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K. Hammel (Spring Vly, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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Highly Recommended. 4.5 Stars. Under $15. I can use it even with my safety glasses on but I lose some width looking through the scope. Works for me. Only bad point is the thin, black, string holder would make a great garrote to get yourself killed. It is not for any workplace. OSHA would never approve the string. Replace it with a safe, breakaway ribbon like I did & you have a 5 star, very sharp, mini telescope with a UNHEARD of CONTINUOUS FOCUS down to 10 inches. It only uses one focusing ring while a rival close focus monocular forces you to use a 2nd focusing ring for distances within 6 feet. If the 1st ring on the rival monocular isn't all the way back, it won't focus. Lightweight. I use the close focus end of the scope at work, (for distances between 2 - 10 feet), to read labels from a lift. I had no fogging problems.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Close distance nature walks, NOT a binoculars substitute, July 27, 2010

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Lightweight and compact enough for a shirt pocket, with small lightweight black nylon belt pouch and lanyard. But I'm a little disappointed with this item despite having researched it thoroughly and having modest expectations.
It requires two hands to focus the lens. Its optics are good at close distances; for a nature walk, you will see more detail on an interesting plant, leaf, etc. But don't expect it to also serve for long distance viewing; in my experience it is NOT a viable longer distance substitute for binoculars. I can't make out street name signage or park trail signposts at a distance, for instance. So it's good close up, but not very helpful as a navigation tool.
It does give pretty fair results out to about 60-80 feet, but not (to my eye) beyond that enough to be very helpful. Build quality and small carry case are fine. The 'lifetime warranty' requires you send in a $12.00 check for service, lol.
This item might be very useful at museums, to see details of items in glass cases or hung on walls behind barrier ropes. I give it 3 stars because it's just not useful for the distance work I would have liked to use it for in addition to the closer work.