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Pros & Cons
Pros
These binoculars are very convenient and quick way to watch the moon, jupiter, saturn, venus and even some nebula. They are heavy so you will need a tripod for extended viewing. My planned setup is now to keep the pentax 20x60 mounted for stargazing a... Read More
Cons
These binoculars are huge, more of the size of astronomical instruments than anything hand held and massively heavy. Does not focus accurately for long distance and view seem a little hazy. Very frustrating again.
Highlights
Quality
) the built quality is excellent and the optics are very good.
;)everything about the mechanicals, from the feel of the focus wheel to the diopter adjustment, just exudes the feeling of qual... Read More
Very very little aberration, sharpness is crisp out to probably the last 5-10% of the fov.
The lens caps are awful -- i mean really bad they just fall off every time i take the binoculars from the case.
Price
For the money are a fantastic deal.
This was by far the best compared to the price.
It's the price you pay for handholding a 20x binocular.
Next day found them 10 dollars less.
Shipping
January 5th 2021 i just received my package.
Got them shipped to where i work , opened the box on my lunch break and , amazon take notice !
Packaging/appearance
Long version:first impression:the pentax sp 20x60 wp binoculars arrived in a double box with no bubble wrap.
And these were perfectly aligned out of the box.
Absolutely not enough packing material in and around box binos came in , the box the binoculars came in is of thin cardboard an... Read More
Checked the factory box over other than the box ripped no signs on hard hitting during shipping .
Competitiveness
Finally, the pentax sp12x50 wp and its siblings are an outstanding value for the money, you could spend twice as much on other ... Read More
I found the optics and build quality superior to the nikon ae 12x50 and celestron 8x56.
(note: i also own top-of-the-line zeiss victory fl binoculars and, although the price is more than the conquest hd, i see no vi... Read More
After reading multiple reviews on amazon and some astronomy web sites, i learned that pentax was producing a binocular that for... Read More
Overview
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- This product had a total of 365 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 20 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not great glass of course decent enough for using…especially since good glass in this magnification is scarce very expensive and most units are huge
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is a big set but not crazy big no trouble freehanding them afaic
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Much more convenient than setting up a scope on a tripod for quick looks way down and up river at range where 15x binos are lacking some magnification
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The case is ok lens covers are not fantastic but stay on in conjunction with that case
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you demand utmost clarity or plan to spend a lot of time looking
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Edit to add that after buying and liking the 12x50 so much came back and got the 8x40
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are not the most svelte at this size even for porros but thats because the build quality is so high
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The competitors in order of ascending price were the pentax jupiter which felt good in my wife’s hands the stepup and fractionally heavier pentax sp which felt good in my hands due to its grip ridge the olympus standard s nice but not appreciably different and these the pentax s 8x40 wp
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