Recently received this item.

Clarity of optics is superb. Fit and finish excellent. They're also a lot smaller and lighter than I was expecting, which is great! The tethered lens caps are a good idea - I lost the ones on the binos these are replacing years ago. MAYBE you can buy better binoculars of this type someplace, but if my researchs are any guide, you're going to pay A LOT more for them - these from Bushnell are not "great for the price" I find them "great at pretty much any price"

I have been very pleased with these binoculars since I bought them. While they are not perfect, they are an excellent value for the price that I paid. The view that these give is excellent and I believe that they would be good for just about anything from sports to nature to concert viewing. The optics do show some pincushion distortion when looking up at something like buildings and the like. There is a minor amount of red fringe showing in some views. However, this is fairly common in binoculars, from my limited experience, and the only way to eliminate this kind of minor optical problem would be to spend a considerable amount more that this model costs. I like the fact that these are built tough enough to be used in almost any circumstance. Since my children are still small, I like knowing that they can use them without me having to constantly watch how they handle them.

As previously stated in another review I repaired optical equipment for the Navy for 15 years. I bought the binoculars for my son as a shot in the dark due to the $100 price tag hoping for the best. What I found was a great pair of binos that hold their own against very expensive binoculars. They were so good that I bought another pair for a friend that can afford anything he wants. My friend compared them to his $1200 pair of binoculars and the brightness and clarity was right along the line of the high dollar pair. The quality was to the point that his brother in law asked to borrow them on an elk hunting trip. They were so impressive that he asked me to get a couple more pairs to keep around his ranch. Granted you always get what you pay for when it comes to optics. These a great buy! If you would loose them, get them stolen, or drop them repeatedly to the point that you can't see out of them it is no great loss. Buy a new pair for a hundred bucks and don't feel bad.

Here's the bottom line.
8x42
Waterproof
Fogproof, nitrogen-purged
BAK-4 lenses
Fully-multicoated lenses
Rubber-armored.
These are the specifications of something with a huge pricetag. This price will stun you.