Binoculars QC failure

[hhmoore]

I recently decided to buy a pair of astronomy binoculars. I saw that Celestron seemed to get fairly good reviews overall; but noted several complaints of Quality Control issues - mostly regarding collimation problems. I found a good deal and took a chance on their 20x80 Pro.
Note the difference between the objectives...
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I don't know what the piece is called; but there's obviously a part missing.

They were returned the next day. If I decide to try this again, I'll go with Oberwerk.

They were huge, BTW... Here's a shot of them next to my 10x42 Athlon Cronus
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Hard to believe they made it out of the factory like that...

 

[Danke42]

 

[A.L.]

double post, sorry

 

[A.L.]

I recently decided to buy a pair of astronomy binoculars. I saw that Celestron seemed to get fairly good reviews overall; but noted several complaints of Quality Control issues - mostly regarding collimation problems. I found a good deal and took a chance on their 20x80 Pro.
Note the difference between the objectives...
View attachment 1821962View attachment 1821963
I don't know what the piece is called; but there's obviously a part missing.

They were returned the next day. If I decide to try this again, I'll go with Oberwerk.

They were huge, BTW... Here's a shot of them next to my 10x42 Athlon Cronus
View attachment 1821965

Hard to believe they made it out of the factory like that...

Are astronomy binoculars more of a user friendly way to observe stars etc? I remember my brother getting scope when we were younger and it took like five seconds and the star we managed to aim moved away from the sight as earth turned.

 

[hhmoore]

I returned mine before I played with it much; but binoculars have the benefit of letting the viewer look with both eyes.
Higher magnification and objective size are generally seen on telescopes...but, like anything, you can almost always get more if you're willing to pay for it.
I don't remember the term; but mounts for either are available that can be set up to match the Earth's rotation (so what you're looking at stays in view).

I used my credit on a good pair of 15x56 binoculars (open box). That should give me good views of the moon, and maybe some other stuff (this was a whim; so forgive my relative ignorance on the subject of astronomy)

 

[echo victor]

I once owned a pair of 10 X 70 astronomy binocs. Heavy and required a tripod. They enable you to get a fairly wide field-of-view so objects would remain in-view for a bit longer. especially helpful when viewing passing satellites.