Nikon Monarch 3

I received both of these in the mail after B&H Photo contacted me and asked me if I enjoyed using binoculars. When I said yes, they sent me these two sets because “they are so good that more people should be made aware of them”. I have looked through some $3,000 binoculars as well as $50 binoculars over the years and the pair that I actually own is a $79 (Now $56)  pair of Celestron’s that I thought was great for my uses. I do not use them too much but when I do I never had a problem with my set. That was about to all change. Once I looked through the Nikon Monarchs I knew that I would have to buy a set for myself, or at least upgrade from my crappy set to something…Arg!

Me, I had NO problems or vignetting when using either of them though the 8X42′s were a little more easier to look through. I also had my Mom and Son give them a try and they were very impressed with them. I think they spent an hour bird watching in the backyard. They could not tell a difference between the two in regards to eye relief which tells me both would make most people happy.

These binoculars also work VERY Nikon Monarch 3 well in lower light. To test them out, while we were stargazing with them I looked down my street (it was dark out) and I could see with extreme clarity. It was like I was superman and I engaged my super eye with 10X power! They still had that 3D pop and contrast. These may just be the best Binoculars I have looked through up to the $1,000 price point.