I bought this binocular from Amazon. When it arrived, I was surprised by the packaging. It was packaged like a cheap toy in plastic covering and nowhere was Pentax name identified. I thought that i might have made a mistake buying something else so I went back to Amazon and sure enough this was a Pentax product. Except Pentax do not want to put their name on it.
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br /It was easy to see why. It was heavy, heavier than all my binoculars ( I have 7 of them), the necklace was a joke, the case a cheap piece of cloth vinyl. Everything about it was cheap. So we do get what we pay for. Frankly because I had to cut the plastic to access the binocular, I did not want to return it to Amazon.
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br /On the plus side, the optics were OK but not great. But nowhere near the Pentax quality that I had expected. This was Whitetails not Pentax.
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br /I would gladly pay more for a better quality product.
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br /I had bought this product having read the previous poster review so I am compelled to write this review.

Lowest price of all the pentax 10x50's. These match up with the expensive pcf wp for 1/3 the price. Super sharp, great fov and super eye relief at 19mm. You'll look long and hard for this kind of quality for the price.

THese reminded me of some of the surplus stuff I used to get from former soviet Union or China: case and lanyards cheaply made, but the optics themselves are of good quality, esp. at this price. we've used them for stargazing, field and nature outings, looking in the neighbors' windows, and I have no complaint at all about function or durability. I've been keeping an eye on some Nikon 10X50'c at the local WalMarx. Marked down to $106.00 last check, but these turned out to be a better deal.

Very nice and clear. Pulls in alot of light. You can look through them at dusk when you cannot make out any details with the naked eye and see things very clear.

i have faxed my tax exemption card to your office yesterday, and am eager to know what the next step for me
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Good value, these appear to be well made, great feel to them and do a good job for watching birds at a feeder from inside. (Needs to be about 30 feet away.) Specs are about right combination so one gets a good magnification, and doesn't have too much trouble with the field of vision being too "jerky". NB other than the title of the product, it appears to have nothing to do w/ Pentax, you will not find their name anywhere but on Amazon.

these binoculars match - capability by capability - with other binoculars that cost 3 x or more the price. i've wanted binoculars for my children to look out at the sky, see the moon pretty clearly, some planets, and the satellite tower on the mountain across from mine. this is an excellent purchase. i only paid $40, shipping included, and this has been something that we've gotten our money's worth out of ... A+