Are Celestrom Binoculars the Binoculars For You?

2010 February 26
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Celestron are well recognised as world leaders in optical design and all Celestrom binoculars, telescopes and spotting scopes are manufactured to the highest quality to deliver outstanding pledge and exceptional clarity for the price.

If you want choice, affordability and value for money it is well worth looking at the wide range Celestron have to offer. Celestrom binoculars are built to the same high ordinary and to a level of quality that is well supported by a lifetime guarantee with many models counting the Upclose range, the Traveler, Outland, Oceana and Skymaster (Celestron's binoculars for astronomy).

No matter what your generous requirement Celestron have the binoculars for you counting lightweight, compact binoculars, binoculars for travel, bird surveillance, action sports and nature viewing, zoom, water-resistant and marine binoculars. No matter what your choice you can be sure that all Celestrom binoculars are built with exceptional concentration to detail and priced at a level most people can afford.

If you want truly affordable have a look at the 'Upclose' range and pick up compact or full-size Celestrom binoculars for under £50. For your money you get fully coated lenses, rubber coated, water strong bodies and a no-fault lifetime warranty. This series includes high powered compact binoculars (12x25 & 16x32), objective diameters up to 50mm (counting a 20x50) and a wide angle & zoom option. The downside is the prisms are Bk7 rather than Bak-4 (which is a better quality) and the lenses are fully coated rather than fully multi-coated but for the money the specification and performance is excellent.

With compact binoculars Celestron do have some strong competitors, even in the low price range counting Nikon, Pentax and Olympus (who offer the widest choice), all excellent makes and all worth a look at. Canon do a compact IS binocular and Steiner make some exceptional high quality compact binoculars ranging from about £50 - £300.

If you want to go up a grade then take a look at the Outland series, again unfilled in compact and full-size models. These Celestrom binoculars are water-resistant and fog-free, ideal for tough outdoor pursuits, and come with multi-coated (not fully multi-coated lenses, this is unfilled in the Outland LX series), top quality Bak-4 prisms, twist-up eyecups for long eye relief (ideal for sight wearers) and a lifetime warranty. Exceptional value for money at under £100 or the LX series for under £125.

There is strong competition in full-size binoculars with Leica and Swarovski capturing the top end of the market. If you are looking for high quality but don't have £1000+ then Steiner, Nikon, Pentax and Bushnell offer and exceptional choice and

For affordable marine binos then look no further than the Oceana series Celestrom binoculars which come with a range result dial and scope. But, if you want truly top notch marine binoculars then don't make a buy before read-through out the Steiner Commander series which are salt water strong, protected against environmental pressures, water-resistant to 10 mtrs, long-life rubber armoured, auto focusing and cast iron for 30 years, truly unique.

If you want to get into astronomy but don't want to spend a fortune Celestron do a range of affordable binoculars to get you ongoing. The Skymaster series are priced as low as £50 or, if you want a telescope then Celestron has a vast choice of low cost beginner models right up through to the top of the range.

In this digital era, no range would be complete lacking digital binoculars. The Celestron Vistapix allows you to store cinema, download them onto a TV or laptop and print quickly and easily starting from around £50.

What Celestron are missing is an image stabilizing model so if you want an 'IS' option then Canon offer the widest range.

So are Celestrom binoculars, the right binoculars for you? Well that depends on what you want to use them for and how much you have to spend. It has to be said that they offer exceptional value for money and a wide choice at the lower end of the market. If you can afford it and you are going to be using your binoculars regularly you should sincerely check out some of the competition with top quality optics well worth paying for. Don't look at Leica or Swarovski though unless you have serious cash to spend as once you hold binoculars by either of these nothing else will be quite excellent enough!

Author: Terry Ross
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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