Evil eye 10-30x50 Zoom Binoculars

Evil eye 10-30x50 Zoom Binoculars

More Info and Purchase: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NPGDFKB
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B09TT5MSQM

Blog: https://marcoscucom.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/evil-eye-10-30x50-zoom-binoculars/

My last binoculars fell overboard and now reside at the bottom of the North Sea so a replacement was needed. These zooming binoculars from Evil eye (boxed as Apexel) seemed interesting and so I decided to give them a try, and I am rather pleased that I did.

The binoculars arrived packaged in a mid-range display box, but everything was well packaged and arrived in good order. Inside aside from the binoculars themselves was a soft carry case with strap, neck strap, lens covers, eyepiece lens covers, and a well printed and easy to read user guide.

The build quality seems fine to me. There was no sign of any production problems, no chaff or swarf leftover adhering to the binoculars and from top to bottom the construction seems first rate. The binoculars, at 790g are medium weight, heavy enough to feel robust substantial in the hand but light enough for sustained use in the field. The carry case is only moderately padded but will protect the contents from liquid and scuffing. The binoculars are finished in a matt, easy grip non-reflective and slightly rubberised skin and this is both looks and feels good. The eyepiece lens covers are soft and flexible but are not fixed to the binoculars as some are and so take care not to lose them. The eyepieces themselves are well made with a large but poorly marked dioptre focusing ring on the right lens and protective rubber rings around both lenses to aid glasses wearers. The covers for the big 50mm objective lenses are also soft, flexible and easy to fit but again are unsecured. The objective lenses are FMC multi-coated and fog proof and the binoculars themselves are described as waterproof, with all the lenses O ring protected, although no specific water resistance rating is given. The User Guide basic is relatively large, well written and unlike those with many imported products, actually easy to read. I doubt you will need to use it.

Using them is as obvious as you might think. When looking through them rotate the focusing ring in the centre until the left side image is sharp and focus the right side eyepiece until that is also sharp, then gradually adjust the separation of the two lens barrels until one round central sharp image is obtained.

The binoculars use BAK-7 Porro Prisms, an improvement evidently on the lesser BAK-9 variety although how evident this is I cannot say but it does mean that obvious corners have not been cut when constructing these binoculars. There is a right adjusting diopter eyepiece which I found on my review unit it worked perfectly well. On the right side just in front of the eyepiece is the zoom adjustment lever and this works well with a smooth well engineered feel to it that makes it easy to use when viewing. On the front, between the two Objective lenses is a detachable cover that reveals a standard tripod mount fitting.

Magnification is slightly more than the less powerful glasses I am accustomed to but the added power and versatility of the zoom feature came in handy at times. When fully zoomed in and as you might expect lens shake becomes more of a problem and so for general use, I prefer them set to minimum magnification although there is always the option of a tripod mount. I found the image at all zoom levels to be bright, sharp and crisp with no colour fringing or other obvious optical aberrations.

This is a good quality pair of binoculars fine for general purpose use. Although not inexpensive at $99.99 I think the price is good for the quality of the product. You will not have much to complain about if you buy these binoculars.

The Good
Good build quality
BAK-7 Prisms optics
Suitable for glasses wearers
Good User Guide
Low Light Optimised
Padded carry case

The Bad
Poor right lens Dioptre markings
Expensive

Music: YouTube Audio Library: Guitar House - josh pan