Nikon Sportstar Zoom 8-24x25 Black

Easy to focus. Amazingly good size and weight and handles well. If 24 power isn't clear, reducing it clears it to read fine print. I let it swing on my neck while bicycling, because it's loads of fun to look around at just anything. It seems durable, is great value and as good as any other on a bright day.

As other reviewers have noted, it's not the quality product you would expect from Nikon. Plastic, light weight feeling but features are what sold me. I wanted a compact bino that had a high level of magnification and this fit the bill. More expensive than competing models but at least the zoom magnification seemed accurate. Clarity of the vision is not remarkable, just acceptable. Seems expensive for what the product delivers though.

I purchased these to replace my 3-decades old Bausch and Lomb Legacy Zoom 8-15 x25 binoculars. These are made of lightweight but very sturdy plastic and weigh an ounce and a quarter less than my 8x25 Nikon Trailblazer waterproof binoculars, which are also made of durable plastic, as are most binoculars these days. I am hooked on the zoom aspect, which is much, much easier to control than the zoom on my old Legacy binoculars. There is very little weight around the neck, which makes these binoculars ideal for long days of bird-watching and other aspects of nature-watching, such as when one is on a hike or out at sea. While these are not waterproof, per se, they do come with eye cup covers that attach to the strap and a padded durable plastic pouch. I really do not understand other buyers’ comments about the plastic being “cheap”, after all, the purpose is to provide a highly durable and lightweight product that performs extremely well, and that is exactly what Nikon has done. I highly recommend these.

Great value for your money, has a good amount of zoom although I would have given it a 5 because I just wanted more. Lightweight and super compact for travel. I used this on my trip to Antarctica and it worked great.

These are excellent binoculars. I bought 5 other cheaper pairs and spent about as much, whilst circling around them. Yes, they have some plastic parts and may not survive being runover by your tractor. But They fit the bill for close to medium-longrange observation with focus and clarity in all daylight conditions. Learn from my mistakes, i beg you. Save your cash and just by these

The product seems to be great, but as soon as I opened it, I saw a noticeable internal defect within the right lens. Unfortunately, I had to return it.The image was ok with noticeable less light coming in on the tele zoom.

Exactly what I expected

Nikon quality is questionable these days.