received my browning 8x32 today and was pleasantly surprised of the quality. got them at a closeout for 119.95 and they have a couple of them left.they are fully multicoated waterproof fogproof,have a 3 position eyecup height and a right diopter lock,they say phase coated in the add but i did not see anything saying there were on the binoculars.collimation and alignment looked good. very good eye relief and good field of 396ft and close focus was down to about 5 ft,on axis sharpness was good so they must be phase coated,compaired them with my fujinon 8x42CD and could see no difference in image quality contrast and sharpness was the same,edge sharpness was also the same on both binoculars.little on the heavy side for a 32mm binocular 24 oz,got these for birding and teresteral viewing and biking,will give them a test tonight on stars and brightness.at 120.00 i have to give them a best buy in the 100 to 250.00 range for a roof prism, see pictures for size comparison of some of my 8 power binoculars.regards john
I got a similar Winchester for 70 dollars. They were quite good, reminded me of Nikon Sporters, both not phase coated.
There are some deals in 32mm, many of them with very limited warranty. But if it works 3 years..
Hi,
Looks like a good buy to me!
If you REALLY want to test them out try them side by side with those Nikon 8 x 30 EII's you have pictured. Then let us know how they did!
Cordially,
Bob