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The Best Value For Money Binoculars

For many people who haven’t researched binoculars and who don’t know much about them, there are two main methods that they use to choose their binoculars:

The most common way is to pick the largest magnification at the cheapest price because the common misconception is the bigger the magnification, the better the binocular. This is a fatal combination and what you end up with is a truly terrible pair of optics, little better (and in some cases worse) than a toy – so even though they were cheap, they still make very bad value for money.

On the other extreme and for those that can afford it, some people just pick the most expensive binoculars that they can find. At least in this case they are almost guaranteed of getting an excellent pair of binoculars. But are they great value for money?

Here lies my problem when deciding on what makes a good value for money binocular. If you take someone like Bill Gates for example, even the most expensive pair of binoculars on earth, for him would be mere pocket change and as long as they performed really well with very high quality optics, they would indeed for him be considered good value for money.

For the average person, who only occasionally uses their optics, the amount he spent may seem excessive for the relatively small gain in performance from a good quality mid priced binocular. So as you can see “good value” is related to what you perceive to be a reasonable amount of money.

This is why, on this page below, I have listed the best value binoculars within the main price brackets and all you have to do is decide on your budget and then take a look at the best within that price range, which are therefor what I believe are the best binoculars for the money.

How are the Best Value Binoculars Chosen?

My definition of a good value for money binocular is one that gives you the most features, best quality components and the best image quality for the least amount of money possible.

All the binoculars that I now review are rated in a number of key areas: Body Construction Quality, Body Stats, Optical Components Quality, Optical Stats, Image Quality and Extras & Attention to Detail. These individual scores combine to give an overall score (for more information on this see the Best Rated Binoculars). So for a binocular to feature on this page and therefore be rated as being best value for money, they must have achieved an excellent score within their particular price category:

Best Value Mid Priced Binoculars

The binoculars below are all within the mid price category (approx: $130 – $300 / £130 – £300) and have scored at least 80% on the Best Binocular Reviews Ratings scale and thus for the money, these are the best mid priced binoculars I have reviewed::

The binoculars above are in my opinion the very best value for money in this price category. It is important to remember that this is just a guide to help you make a shortlist and there are many other binoculars that I have reviewed that also give you plenty bang for your buck and may be in other peoples opinions even better value for money:

All Mid Priced Binoculars reviewed on this site

Best Value Mid-High Priced Binoculars

The binoculars below are all within the mid-high price category (approx: $300 – $500 / £300 – £500) and have scored at least 85% on the Best Binocular Reviews Ratings scale:

The binoculars above are in my opinion the very best value for money within this price category. It is important to remember that this is just a guide to help you make a shortlist and there are many other binoculars that I have reviewed that also give you plenty bang for your buck and may be in other peoples opinions even better value for money:

All Mid-High Value Binoculars reviewed on this site

Best Value High End Binoculars

The binoculars below are all within the high price category (approx: $500-$1200 / £500-£1200) and have scored at least 87% on the Best Binocular Reviews Ratings scale:

All High Value Binoculars reviewed on this site

Best Value Premium Binoculars

The binoculars below are all within the expensive price category (> $1200 / > £1200) and have scored at least 92% on the Best Binocular Reviews Ratings scale:

The binoculars above are in my opinion the very best binoculars for the money within this price category. It is important to remember that this is just a guide to help you make a shortlist and there are many other binoculars that I have reviewed that also give you plenty bang for your buck and may be in other peoples opinions even better value for money:

All High Value Binoculars reviewed on this site

Best Value Low Cost Binoculars

The binoculars below are all within the low cost price category ($50 – $130 / £50 – £130) and have scored at least 70% on the Best Binocular Reviews Ratings scale: