What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
This monocular is lightweight easy to use. Seems strong and sturdy. Case is usable, but makes it much more bulky. Nice bright sharp image, lightweight and fits in my pocket.
The endurance ed fits perfectly on the window sill where i can admire the bird life up close. I use this as my everyday carry for random birdwatching and have not regretted the purchase. I am currently on safari in kenya and this has helped enormously... Read More
The body is metal alloy and has a good rubber coating. The focus wheel is easy to use whilst operation in one hand provides fingertip control with the right amount of friction.
Highlights
Quality
He is thrilled with the quality and how easily it fits in pockets etc
A great mono scope brilliant clear view and a very good magnification i would definitely buy again
Many have commented on the excellent quality of the image and i have nothing to add
Built well although slightly bulky with the focus wheel on top
Price
For the price and me being no expert these seem very good up coming holiday will prove it hopefully
Stumbled on the obvious idea of a monocular for compactness and also value for money basically half the price of a pair of binoculars
Packaging/appearance
Great size arrived boxed and packaged beautifully
Competitiveness
One thing in which this monocular did not excel at all is lowlight performance comparison with my maven cm1 8x32 ed or recce pr... Read More
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- This product had a total of 347 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 19 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Can be held with one hand but i use the other to steady it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Will fit in a pocket but it needs to be a big one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have seen comments on the strap so ive attached a picture of how ive got mine configured and its not let me down since i bought it 2 years ago
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Made slight mod to allow this mount to sit square the strap mount was slightly too close to the tripod mount to allow it to sit flat a couple of mm filed sorted
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Focusing is stiff on both but on hawke can be done with one hand while on opticron not so much through the focusing mechanism is limited by the body so you wont overturn it as i managed on faulty opticron mono wp 5x30 where focusing wheel was likely not properly assembled thus you are less likely to overturn it by applying brute force though these monoculars tend to require focus them only once as explained later due to which lower quality focusing mechanism did not matter that much
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As for picture quality itself while the picture was clear as in opticron t4 if not even better toward the edges unlike what you find on cheap chinese monoculars under 10£ well i was not able to easily see chromatic aberration rainbow effect around edges of objects like leaves on trees in high contrast scenes which was still slightly present on opticron trailfinder t4 10x25 costing roughly half the price these small monoculars tend to have everything in focus so the rise of chromatic aberration near the edges of the optics is not anywhere as noticeable than on larger 8x32 monoculars like maven cm1 or vertex recce pro hd which have some depth of field despite having superior optics while on hawke endurance ed 8x25 is both depth of field and chromatic aberration hard to find
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thus hawke endurance ed line with 8 or 10 times magnification in 25mm objective lens diameter may be your ideal low chromatic aberration affordable choice monocular to quickly pull from a belt pouch and check things without the need to fiddle much with focus or correct interpupillary distance setting as you would need after grabbing most of the binoculars from a carry case
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One thing in which this monocular did not excel at all is lowlight performance comparison with my maven cm1 8x32 ed or recce pro hd 8x32 monoculars costing several times more is not even worth mentioning far less is trying to bother to compare small monoculars with full size 7x50 marine monoculars like affordable hawke endurance ed 7x50 marine i bought from a local shop for 229£ current highend marine binoculars cost 1000£ which you can use in the middle of the night and expect to see more than just grainy blur if there is sufficient starlight or visible moon affordable fullsize marine monoculars or hawkes endurance ed 7x42 marine monocular are simply a far better choice for getting decent low light performance on the budget then what you get even from most expensive compact monoculars produced today
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