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Pros & Cons

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Pros

It’s tiny and fits in any pocket. Comes with a cute little carrying pouch. If you want something to carry, unobtrusively, in your pocket that will let you see things you can’t see with the * eye. I keep this in my bag for those spur of the moment trip...  Read More

The 3 pairs i have are sharp and optically very good. Not the widest field of vision, expecially for eyeglass wearers, but adequate. No scratching of glasses or surfaces when laying it down. The only complaint is that the rubber eye cup doesn't roll b...  Read More

This lil guy is quite the value! When i do so, it’s for life pretty much. For <$25, this is hard to beat.



Cons

Parts are covered in a thin black glue substance. Mechanism to focus is terrible. Two minutes of use gives face muscles and hand muscles fatigue. Zeiss 5x10 monocular has a very sharp image but the 10mm lens makes is unusable in low light conditions.

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Highlights

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Quality


Dials in well clear and pretty well made


It is very portable easy to use and very high quality


The poor quality optics limits its usefulness for me


Woo hoo the lense fell out and the set screw remained in the well oiled groove

Price


This monocular is great for its price


To resume this monocular is awesome for the price


Im sure we’ve all been there don’t have the funds or you’re not wanting to take your steiners out on this particular trip so yo...  Read More


Well i stumbled on this item found one usedlike new for around 7 and thought “what the hell i don’t want to research anything right now

Shipping


It arrived without instructions and takes moments to figure out

Packaging/appearance


Small and very easy to pack for a tripcenter of image is pretty sharp focusing works well down to 1034


However i did not receive the neck strap although it is mentioned on the box

Competitiveness


Compared it to my solo vortex 10x25 and the magnification works great


Despite not having bak4 glass like the similar brunton models this carson seems brighter


Thishas glass lenswhereas most othersat andabove this cost use plastic


There are exact replica or very similar looking models of cf618 on china sites one is stoemi store on amazon

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    good, small, great, clear and quality.
  • Our AI detects a high amount of irrelevant reviews for this listing. A number of the reviews included in this product may belong to other variations, editions or versions that may not be representative of the current product being sold.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 33.9% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 1,958 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 31 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I purchased them to help me see the tv while i waited to cataract surgery unfortunately the did not help me so i returned them with no problems in the return process


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sometimes i uss it during heavy traffic to see whats causing the problem


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Though there are usually cars in the way so i cant actually use it for that well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wanted an inexpensive optic to carry in a pack for occasional use


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I did not experience the issues that the 1 star reviewers


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Did but will update if problems arise


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is small in size but big in features


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I broke one of the three that i own had a replacement in no time without any hassle

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