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I like mine so much that I'm buying another pair of Steiner Safari binoculars from Amazon as a gift. The pair I have are perfect for all around travel use. They're small enough to fit into a pocket while trekking to a good birding spot and are unobtrusive around the neck on safari. They're powerful enough to pull those wildlife sightings in close but don't force you to steady them on a tripod because of too much power. I've taken them on two African safaris, to Iguazu Falls in South America and most recently birding on the Mekong River in Laos. I found that an added bonus was the rubber coated shell, allowing them to get banged around without damage. Their small size also means less room in your carry-on luggage as well as being easily hidden when traversing shaky Third World city streets. Guides on my travels who've taken a look are always thoroughly impressed. For the money the Steiner Safari can't be beat!

This is a great pair of binoculars. I bought it for a safari trip and enjoyed every minute of it. They are light on the face and very easy to focus. Once you've set the eye distance and the focus of the binoculars for your eyes, everytime you look through it, it will be perfect.

The price point of this pair of binoculars is excellent. You truly are getting a quality product which won't break the bank.

These are very good binoculars. Steiner put in the best quality optics in a very good body. The 8x30 size makes it perfect combination of power and weight. First I bought steiner 10x26 but they lacked clarity as they use roof prism that too without PC. Also 10x made it very shaky in hands. It was painful and straining to watch through them for more than couple of minutes. I returned it and got these ones. These are very clear and cool!
I am happy with this product.

Steiner 8x30 Safari Binocular is great for my 9 yrs old son. It is much better than the one I bought few weeks earlier and ended up returning the product (I bought Bushnell 12 x 50mm Powerview Wide-Angle Binoculars from Walmart online). Steiner makes good binocular. The shipment from the vendor was prompt. I'm happy with this purchase.

These binoculars have good clarity and field of view. The eye relief is sufficient for me to use them without pushing my glasses up. This is important for my father, as the vision in his one eye has deteriorated to the point that without his glasses there is not enough adjustment in most binos.The eyepieces are indexed so that people can pass them back and forth with minimal trouble. One thing to note is that these are no center adjust. You adjust them for distance and they are focused down to about 30' or so. This makes them inconvenient for looking at things close up, but from 50' and out you never need to focus. Might be problem for birdwatchers, but it works for me.

One aside is that they do have the weight of fullsize binos, so an important consideration is how much you need to carry them. I find myself using a pair of compact as much or more when I am going out for all day.