Nikon 7496 Eagleview Zoom 8¿24 X 25mm Binoculars (Black): Customer Reviews & Product Details

These binoculars seemed like a great idea that was well designed, but upon opening the box today, I noticed there was a visible flaw in the objective lens, prompting its quick return to seller. It was brand new and should not, at ~$140, come with defects. The seller ([...[) was very quick at getting the unit returned at no cost to me. Very reasonable, no hassle.
While on the phone setting up the return, I decided to dump this design. Reason: the Eagleview was unable to hold its focus while zooming, a fatal flaw in my book. Instead I reordered the Nikon Travelite V, 8-24/25, which was barely different in price. I have an old pair of the Travelite IIIs which still works great, and I am hoping the zoom engineering on the TL-V is better than on their Eagleviews.
Might have given it three stars if it wasn't for the flaw in the lens, which colored my expectation of the overall quality of all others in this line.

I received these binoculars on Monday. On Thursday the plastic eye cup protector broke in half and now the separate pieces won't stay on the eye cups. I called Nikon and they will sell me a new one but not replace the defective piece. I will not buy any Nikon product again!

These are great binoculars. After owning several other zoom types, I find these to be very good for sports and other outdoor activities. There is a loss of light in the lens when you extend the power, but when you want a small compact pair to use as a zoom-you give up something.

Light weight, clear image, easy to focus. Works well in a theater or outdoors when hiking. Gets the most details and best image at 8x, works well up to 12x, then the image loses details and gets more difficult to keep stable. Still, it's nice to have the capability to shift to the higher range if and when wanted.

These things are AWESOME!!! I bought them for my best friend and she loves them. My dad wants a pair of them now. Will be getting him some for Christmas!!! Also, Amazon shipped them extremely fast!!!