Product Description
VANGUARD's top-of-the-line Endeavor ED binoculars deliver sharpness and clarity like never before with exceptional light transmission and remarkable color resolution and contrast. Other features include an ergonomic, open-bridge design for a comfortable use, a wide view angle, BaK4 roof prisms, an anti-reflection coating, large focus adjustment wheel and long eye relief. The magic behind its performance lies in the premium ED glass, which reduces color dispersion to provide high resoltuion colors and clarity. Endeavor ED has BaK4 roof prisms and special lens coatings for unbelievable quality. Nitrogen-charged and o-ring sealed, Endeavor ED is waterproof and fogproof to take on challenging weather conditions.
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Product Details
- Size: 8x42
- Color: Black
- Brand: Vanguard
- Model: Endeavor ED 8420
- Released on: 2011-09-12
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 2.40 pounds
Features
- ED glass, Bak4 phase-coated prisms and fully multi coated lenses; waterproof and fogproof
- 42 mm objective lenses with enhanced edge-to-edge view quality
- 3 stage twist out eyecups with long eye relief
- Position locking diopter ring
- Open bridge design with soft rubber armor and a large focus adjustment wheel
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
By Mark Twain
I purchased this set of binoculars for hunting and occasionally for bird watching. For less than $300 after the $50 rebate, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better performing pair binoculars for the money. In my search for a good mid-price 8x42 binocular I went through a few set of binoculars from different manufacturers and finally settle on these. I am not one to claim that these perform as great as the binoculars costing in the thousands but I will say it is as close as you'll get for the money. The only difference optically that I notice between these and the really expensive binoculars is that expensive binoculars exhibit a flat view and is sharp all the way to the edge while still maintaining a little wider FOV. The view of Endeavor ED is flat out to the tiniest ~5% of the outer edge where it exhibits a slight hint of curvature. Sharpness also seems extends all the way to the very edge with a small hint of reduction in sharpness in the extreme outer edge. I went with these instead of a few other Chinese ED binoculars with wider FOV around price range because those usually exhibits noticeable drop in sharpness at around the 75%-80% and beyond. Like other Chinese ED binoculars this set control chromatic aberration very well in the center and less outward but still good. The overall build quality of this binocular is really good and the texture rubber coating works wonderfully. I highly recommend these to those who want a really well built pair of binocular with really great optics but don't want to break their bank.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
By DaveCarrera4
I have had my Endeavor ED's for about 9 monhts. During that time I've not switched back to my Vortex bins. The Vortex had a lower transmission than these ED binoculars, and that is what drove my purchase decision. I was able to directly compare them to Swarovski and Nikons at a fall hawk watch festival in Monroe, MI. That is what sold me - because they were as bright and sharp as the Swarovskis at 1/5 the cost! They feel nice and don't feel that heavy - it is important when you have them around your neck all day during hiking and birding. The strap is first rate, soft and comfortable. I really like the way they look and feel - let alone the optics which are outstanding. So why 4 stars instead of 5? The focus is a bit strange and takes getting used to. I have to focus in and out a few times to get the object in crisp focus - a very fine adjustment to the focus takes a bit of effort, and I had the feeling one side was always a bit out of focus - but it is a feeling and I cannot prove it. These are high power - so there will be shake - that is unavoidable - you have to have a steady hand for 10.5 power bins. In hindsight - I should have opted for the 8.5s. Still I do travel around the country with them, and have not felt the need to change - so they are really growing on me. Summary: These are terrific bins for the price - I bet it would be hard to find a better pair at this price!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By Silea
As someone who's pretty much only used cheap binoculars before, i was literally astonished by the clarity, contrast, and vividness that these binoculars offer. Cheaper lenses just make what you're looking at bigger, like zooming in on a high-resolution image. These lenses make it clearer, like you're really standing closer instead of just looking through lenses. While it's trite and cliche to say this, it really does make you feel like you could just reach out and touch objects that are hundreds of feet away.
(Let me reiterate: this is my first experience with nice binoculars, so there's a chance that the things i'm about to complain about are par for the course, or perhaps even features. However, they still hampered my ability to use these.)
My biggest frustration with these binoculars is the brute force requires to adjust the width. I'm not the strongest person in the world, i admit this, but i really have to strain to adjust them. Given that they only fit in the carrying case when squished down to the smallest setting, this means straining to get them flexed to my ideal width before using, and then straining to get them back into compact-mode for stowage. Maybe they'll loosen up a bit as i continue to use them, but if they did, i'd worry that they'd get too loose eventually. We'll see.
The weight is a mild frustration as well. I understand that the glass required to make lenses like these is going to have a bit of heft, and the nice sturdy body of the binoculars adds a bit more. The end result is that i can't hold them up to my eyes for long stretches without support. For quick glances, it's fine, but if i want to sit and stare at something, i need something to rest my elbows on.
In all, though, the image quality provided by these lenses is the best i've ever seen. For someone ready to take the step up from cheap to quality, these binoculars will be quite a treat.
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Since writing my original review, i'd had a chance to let several other people take a look through these binoculars. All of them, even a few birdwatchers who spend a lot of time looking through binoculars, were impressed with their quality. I heard a lot of 'wow's.
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