Tasco 165RB Binoculars

Jan 13, 2009
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Great for my 8 year old son
by: Anonymous

I got these binoculars for a very specific reason and I have been very happy with him. My son had developed an interest in bird watching while in scouts, and I wanted to teach him how to observe birds and other wildlife from a distance.

We also built a big bird feeding station which we could see from our kitchen window, and I wanted him to be able to have some binoculars he could leave right there and grab whenever an unusual bird like a woodpecker or hummingbird would come feeding through.

My son had been trying to use a very cheap set of plastic binoculars and had been getting frustrated. We went to a local sporting goods store to see if they had any binoculars (I had never bought a set). I wasn’t even sure if they would have any.

Luckily, they had a huge selection, and on the high end the binoculars were over a thousand dollars. I wasn’t sure how good the low end binoculars would be, but we found these, and they were quite affordable (I think somewhere between 10 and 15 dollars).

We tried them out in the store and were quite happy with our ability to see objects hundreds of feet away very clearly. These binoculars were also very good for an eight-year-old boy’s sized hands. The focus adjustments are simple, a little wheel in the middle which can be turned with one finger while looking through the eyepieces.

The binoculars are sturdy, with rubber coated body and metal frame. The lenses are good and clear. They came with a neoprene carrying case and a string neck strap which is built in. They are light enough to carry all day on hikes or to ball games, small enough to keep sitting on the windowsill by the bird feeders, and they were inexpensive enough so that I don’t worry when my son takes them to school.

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Jan 13, 2009
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I got these binoculars for a very specific reason and I have been very happy with him. My son had developed an interest in bird watching while in scouts, and I wanted to teach him how to observe birds and other wildlife from a distance. We also built a big bird feeding station which we could see from our kitchen window, and I wanted him to be able to have some binoculars he could leave right there and grab whenever an unusual bird like a woodpecker or hummingbird would come feeding through. My son had been trying to use a very cheap set of plastic binoculars and had been getting frustrated. We went to a local sporting goods store to see if they had any binoculars (I had never bought a set). I wasn’t even sure if they would have any. Luckily, they had a huge selection, and on the high end the binoculars were over a thousand dollars. I wasn’t sure how good the low end binoculars would be, but we found these, and they were quite affordable (I think somewhere between 10 and 15 dollars). We tried them out in the store and were quite happy with our ability to see objects hundreds of feet away very clearly. These binoculars were also very good for an eight-year-old boy’s sized hands. The focus adjustments are simple, a little wheel in the middle which can be turned with one finger while looking through the eyepieces. The binoculars are sturdy, with rubber coated body and metal frame. The lenses are good and clear. They came with a neoprene carrying case and a string neck strap which is built in. They are light enough to carry all day on hikes or to ball games, small enough to keep sitting on the windowsill by the bird feeders, and they were inexpensive enough so that I don’t worry when my son takes them to school.

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