Customer Reviews

Celestron 71137 10x50 UpClose Binocular

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Great unit, far better quality than most others in the $ range

These are good binoculars. Apart for branding (CElestron) these are a decent instrument. If what you like is to view some stars and cluster, these are for you! good picture, high contrast for the aperture, and good weight..

I am just getting into star gazing. I read about 100 reviews saying to get binos before buying a telescope. Noted. The binos do exactly what they are supposed to do, but it not good for doing what I had in mind (planet watching).

Now I use them in addition to my spotting scope to find what I really want to look at with my telescope (Orion Spaceprobe 130mm). They work great for that.

I will say they worked great for looking at the moon.

The contrast was great. The weight is what you could expect from a 10x50. It feels quite sturdy and solid. Has underneath the cap at front, a thread-in for a tripod mount. One cool thing I like about this over others is the 2nd tuning adjustment for fine tuning. Haven't seen that on any binoculars (but I haven't owned many either). Alright, to the bad part. The fine tuning adjustment is actually on the right eye piece, so when fine tuning, you're twisting the rubber cushion on your eye socket. The 2nd bad part. The rubber eye cushions just have a edge to them that just kind of digs in. Does not feel real soft either on the eye sockets. It is rubber though, so I am sure there could be a fix to this. I might try smoothing down the cushions a bit. Also after reading online you can buy eyecups aka eye shields which are the rubber cushions. If you can replace these, these binoculars would be great. This is my first day of owning them.

I bought this binoculars in mint condition through Amazon.com sent from Coffeyville, KS fulfillment center. A good binoculars far better than my terrestrial telescope of focal ratio 15. It is a best outdoor equipment recommended for first time buyers, easy to carry with a sturdy look, though it's slightly difficult to hold for several minutes as the hands are aching. This made me decide selling my old telescope. Such a great and excellent optics. I highly suggest buying this model instead of the low power binoculars coming under the samebrand.

This is one of the best binoculars you can buy! It has a great field of view, and the image looks better thru this binoculars than without it... just great, it is worthy and really cheap!

I wanted a cheap pair of binoculars for astronomy, something inexpensive that worked. That doesn't always happen! However, I'm pleased with these binoculars. Good viewing, easy focus, and at the price I paid, I won't be upset if I break or lose them. Hopefully that won't happen! Good optics, nice heft, but not too heavy to wear out your arms. I'd definitely recommend.

I got my binoculars very quickly and they are great. I would recommend them to anyone.

When I ordered these I was looking for a general purpose glasses that would give good variety of focal ranges. I took a chance on these because of price (not too much invested if they didn't work out) I am well pleased with these!A great product for the price. They work extremely well at all focal lenghts and I made a good buy.
P.S I don't think you should write a review if your glasses arrive already broken.A bad Break for the buyer but more of shippers fault than product.

I ordered a pair of Celestron 71137 10x50 binoculars from Celstron's website. They arrived broken.
After trying and failing to get a return merchandise authorization online, I finally spent the required 15 minutes on hold to be allowed to speak to a customer service rep with poor English on the other side of the world. He did manage to get a RMA emailed to me with a UPS label and lots of instructions telling me to send the return package to a different address than the one on the UPS label. I flipped a coin, and used the UPS label and returned the binoculars. UPS tracking shows that the binoculars were received by Celestron at their loading dock and signed for. Celestron does not acknowledge having received them so no repair, replacement or refund.
If I had bought the binoculars from Amazon all this would never have happened. Live and learn.

P.S. After not hearing anything from Celestron for three weeks, I did receive a replacement pair one month after returning the broken set.