Brunton® Lite Tech 10 x 42 mm Binoculars – Customer Reviews
Beware Sportsman Guide Bino is NOT what's advertised
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I just read Mr. Vanderveer's explanation and Now I see clearly. I too bought the Brunton Lite Tech 10 x 42 Binocular from Sportsman Guide. It arrived and I looked at an image about a 100 Yds away(a decorative eagle on a neighbor's house". I saw a double image( 2 eagles). Got out an old pair of binocs I had and there was no problem. Tried to focus and adjust to no avail. I sent them back to Sportsman Guide for credit. Ordered a replacement pair figuring I got a defective one. I assume the replacements will be no better. The "Made In China" model# 5034 is not the same as the Model 5030.Tried to save a buck and now it cost me $9.05 to return the 1st pair and I've got another pair of "junkers" on the way. Oh Brother, should've bought the Leupold's I looked at first.
5/2/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:
Attention this is NOT model 5030. This is model 5034!
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In a local sports store I saw a Brunton Lite Tech 10x42 binocular, which seemed to be quite good, but at over $200 it is something to think about a little bit. So, I looked on the web and on Amazon I found this Brunton 10x42 Lite Tech for about $80, offered via Sportsman's Guide. Wow what a price difference! Indeed as they claim: HUGE savings. The picture on the site looked a little bit different from the picture I saw on other places.So, It must be last years model. So what? As long as the optics is just as good I don't care! Let's have it!
And so, a box came in with a Brunton Binocular. When I looked through it I noticed directly that the optics was not all that good. Major internal (ghost) reflections, big color error, the image also never became truly sharp. Remarkably the same errors occurred on both sides, so this was not just a production error, this was just a poorly made Binocular. This Binocular was also quite heavy. The only thing I can say to its advantage is that the rubber armoring looks and feels very sturdy. By the way this product does not exactlylook like the picture on the Amanzon website either, you do get the right picture when you go to the Sortsman's Guide website outside of Amazon.
But what went wrong? The Binocular in the store looked pretty nice and I did order the same thing, or at least something very similar. Did I?
So I looked further. Hey, the model number of the Binocular that came in via Sortsman's Guide is 5034 the model I saw , and which every one else is advertising is 5030. Hey that one is made in Japan, the Sportsman's one is made in China. Aaaah, it is a completely different product, from a completely different factory!
So, I contacted Brunton. They explained that the Sportsman's Guide binoculars are made on special order (no excess inventory as claimed) and that these are not part of their regular product line. They were nice though, I could send this binocular to them and for an additional payment they sent me a proper one. That is a model 5030, and yes that one is very nice, thank you very much.
So, beware. The product advertised here is NOT the Brunton Lite Tech 10x42 binocular model number 5030, which is quite good, made in Japan, worth $200, and advertised at many places on the web, also at other places at Amazon. The product they are selling here is the Brunton Lite Tech 10x42 binocular model number 5034 which nobody has heard of, made in China, probably not even worth $80.
Quite frankly I find it misleading how this product is being advertised here. Without this review would know that there are two products out there with the same name?8/22/2004 12:00 AM | Rating: