Nikon Premier LX-L 8x20 Binoculars

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 4 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002VAI0E
• Item model number: 7506
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,076 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 14, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Compact and lightweight, the Premier LX-L 8x20 binoculars are the perfect travel companion. Optically, they are unmatched in the world of compact offerings. Not only do they offer an amazing field of view for a compact, but they also deliver exceptional close-focus distance and long eye relief. True to Nikon Premier LX-L form, they are also guaranteed completely waterproof and fogproof.

Nikon has set a new standard in pocket binocular performance notable for those hunters who appreciate the finer details of their sport. The new 8x20 Premier LX-L compact binoculars deliver legendary Nikon optical performance in a package that not only is useable on any hunt, but that can also fit into the budget plans of any serious enthusiast.

Joining Nikon's highly acclaimed 8x42/10x42 and 8x32/10x32 LX binoculars in the Nikon Premier Optics lineup, the new mini LX-L 8x20 compact matches the needs of a wide range of hunters who value ultra-small size and portability, but refuse to sacrifice optical quality in the bargain.

Nikon engineers designed the new 8x20 LX-L compact to over-deliver on features and performance and to under-deliver on size. Measuring a scant 4.3 x 3.8 inches, the two mini binoculars tip the scales at just about 10 ounces each, making them as portable as anything on the planet when it comes to high-performance hunting optics.

As part of the Nikon Premier binoculars line, the LX-L minis are built using the very finest optical components to ensure exceptional handling and peak optical performance. Nikon's exclusive Eco Glass, made without the use of lead or arsenic, is used throughout the optical system. Lenses are carefully ground and polished, then coated with multiple layers of proprietary anti-reflective compounds for incredibly bright images, even in twilight or other poor light conditions.

High-grade prisms used in the LX-L get two types of coating--a silver coating to boost light transmission, and a special phase correction coating for sharpness and clarity. Together, the mini LX optical system provides extremely bright, tremendously sharp images, huge fields of view (356 feet @ 1,000 yards), lengthy eye relief (15mm) and a close-focus distance that is unheard of among the world's high-end compacts--7.8 feet.

To maximize ruggedness, Nikon built each of the LX-L compacts on a tough, lightweight magnesium alloy chassis--rubber armored for shockproof integrity--and then purged it of all moisture with bone-dry nitrogen for total waterproof and fogproof performance. The little LX-L also features the convenience of smooth central focusing, a central diopter control and slide and lock eyecups that retract for use with eyeglasses.

Key Features

• High resolution, fully multicoated optics
• Silver mirror prism coating
• 100 percent waterproof and fogproof
• Durable, lightweight magnesium-alloy construction
• Eco-Glass manufactured without lead or arsenic
• All metal construction, rubber armored
• Phase-correction-coated high-index prisms
• Slide-and-lock eyecups and long eye relief for easy viewing with or without eyeglasses

Product Description

When good is not good enough...Nikon Premier defines the best of the best.PRODUCT FEATURES: High resolution, fully multicoated optics; Silver mirror prism coating; 100% waterproof/ fog-proof; Durable, lightweight magnesium- alloy construction; Eco-glass manufactured without lead or arsenic; All metal construction, rubber armored; Phase correction coated high index prisms; Slide-and-lock eyecups and long eye relief for easy viewing with or without eyeglasses.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love 'em ... a lot!, March 8, 2007

By	M. Graf "Graf's River House" (Wimberley, TX, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have this pair of binoculars and a Nikon 82 ED Fieldscope for observing Texas wildlife. Lately, I find myself using these binoculars almost exclusively.

They are bright, sharp and quick. The higher eye-relief accommodates my eyeglasses well giving a large view. I've used them w/o the eyeglasses and noticed no difference in the view. Being waterproof means I can take them on the river without worry.

The placement of the focus adjustment took a bit of getting used to, but seems natural now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch compacts, August 12, 2008

By	V. Kurpan (Oregon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I gave my Ziess classic compacts to my wife because I wanted some compacts with better eye relief for glasses. I went to a place that had them all on display.... Leica, Swarovski, Zeiss, etc. These Nikons were the hands down winner. They are a bit bigger and heavier than the Zeiss and Leica but if you wear glasses there is no other choice. I've had these about 1.5 years now and still love 'em. I have full sized Swarovski's and Nikon SE's, etc. but these get used 5x as much as those. These truly deserve 5 stars.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great optical quality, but weak mechanically, October 17, 2009

By	The Kodachromeguy (Vicksburg, MS USA) - See all my reviews

These little Nikon Premier 8x20 LX glasses are great optically, sharp from corner to corner and easy to focus. But mine have proven to be delicate and the hinges have loosened and become floppy twice in two years. Nikon USA fixed them under warranty, but I am not impressed with the lack of robustness. Not recommended.