Vivitar 7 x 50 Binoculars

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Product Features

• Magnification 7 times more powerful than the naked eye
• Ruby coated UV optics for glare-free viewing
• Perfect for sporting events, nature watching, sightseeing and much more
• Comes complete with soft, protective carrying pouch with shoulder strap
• Convenient neck strap

Product Description

Product Description

Zoom in on the action with Vivitar's 7 x 50 binocular set. These binoculars offer magnification seven times more powerful than the natural eye. These binoculars also feature ruby coated UV optics for glare-free viewing. Get rugged durability along with Vivitar's high-quality optical performance.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 7.3 x 8 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009RWK6Q
• Item model number: 1615663
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #93,392 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BAD QUALITY, August 28, 2006

By	Tom N. - See all my reviews

Purchased because of very low price and 7x50 spec. I didn't expect great quality at this price, but did expect them to be useable. First one produced double vision. Took it back to Walgreens for another. The 2nd one has single vision but focus was so poor that I couldn't read a small distant sign that was absolutely clear with my other brand (low cost) 7x50.

Vivitar should be ashamed of themselves for selling such low grade trash. If you are tempted to buy these, go to a store where you can test a few and pick the best one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly educational, but not in the way they intended, November 21, 2007

By	black thumb (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Oh man, these are trash. I picked up a pair at the local drugstore on a radical discount, just to see. They were so far out of alignment that even when I could get the images to merge, convex objects looked concave. Guaranteed to induce headaches. Then there's the mushy focusing, and the chromatic aberration on bright objects. Finally, the view is noticeably dimmer than in my 7x35s, which shouldn't happen with double the light-gathering area on the objective lenses (pi*35*35=3846 square mm; pi*50*50=7850 square mm). My guess is that the manufacturer should have passed on the "UV coating" and added some coatings to enhance light transmission, like you find on decent binoculars. If they'd done that, though, these would sell for more than the cost of a movie ticket (hint: don't pay any more than that for them!).

So I disassembled one side. Now I have a 7x50 monocular with all of the problems listed above except the misalignment, plus a cheap eyepiece for my travel telescope, two cool prisms to play with, and one lousy lens that I have no idea what to do with. So as a bag of parts to tinker with, this was a good buy *at the ridiculous discount I got*, but at anything more than that, or as a functional piece of optics that you can use for more than two minutes without getting a migraine, these should be avoided.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible quality, September 7, 2008

By	Yasha (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

My 8 year old son got this product as a present from a friend for his birthday. While they look very impressive at a first glance, I have never seen and could not have imagined that binoculars can be as bad in both material quality and construction design. We've owned this for less than a day and the plastic frame has already got two small cracks in it - even though they have not been dropped and were handled VERY carefully. This is the worst quality plastic normally reserved for cheap chinese toys. Furthermore, both eyepieces are fixed via a loose screw in the middle and their wobble disrupts focus first and collinearity second. No adjustment of the screw helps since eyepieces are bigger diameter than the tubes they're fit on anyways. The focus adjustment is not smooth and when I try to adjust the single eyepiece focus, the eyepiece just unscrews and falls out.
Bacically, DON'T EVER BUY THESE BINOCULARS!!! They're not a bargain but a waste of your money.