Vanguard Spirit XF 8420 Binocular

We got interested in the Vanguard Spirit ED series several years ago and then we managed to test a 10x42 model . To be completely honest we weren’t impressed by its results – after going through all our procedures it barely exceeded a level of 110 points.

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  shapely, slight and very solid casing,, slight brightness loss on the edge of the field,, sensibly-looking area near the exit pupils,, properly darkened interior of the tubes,, good quality prisms made of BaK-4 glass,, sharp image already from a distance of 1.4 metres,, lifetime warranty.

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  weak transmission,, average colour rendering,, field of view narrower than in the specifications.

Ive been a bird-watcher for 55 yrs and currently live on a greenbelt with an amazing variety of field, perching, buteos and water birds. We are also on the Pacific flyway, so we get migratories thruout the year as well. Ive put up with $19.95 quality binos since i was 9.