Bushnell Legend L 198105 10×42 Binoculars – Fogproof/Waterproof – Realtree XTRA

I know very little about binoculars in general but I live in a high rise apartment building in downtown Louisville, KY. I have a view of a lit of busy streets around the building and there is always something going on such as concerts, shows at a couple theaters within view, police pulling people over or ambulances picking people up for one reason or another. As creepy as it sounds while I am typing this, when you see all of these things it makes you want more information so I decided to get a pair of binoculars. I initially got a larger pair titled surveillance binoculars that had 15×70 magnification but they are so bulky and the magnification so finicky that its hard to use them quickly which is what you have to do when you hear something happening outside or its over with before you tried to be nosey. So I read a little bit more and saw this Bushnell pair as a deal of the day on Amazon and decided to pull the trigger. I must say I am much happier with the size and the magnification and again while I know very little about binoculars these are perfect for being nosey from the 21st floor of my building. I have added pictures that show the magnification of the binoculars to a bus stop across a busy street about a block away, the size of the binoculars compared to my hand and what all is included with the purchase of these binoculars. Hope this helps someone like me that does not know much about binoculars make a more educated purchase of binoculars.

The design is pleasing and professional. The optics are excellent, I took them to the store for a comparison with Vortex diamondbacks 10×42. They are slightly clearer and sharper than the Vortex brand. I took plenty of time to establish that, no question. But, the bushnell $50 cheaper price comes with secondary design flaws. The occular side rubber cup sleeves that your eyes rest on that are supposed to be a permanent part of the binocular are sliding off the hard barrels and one of mine has come off. It’s easily put back on but there is a high risk of loosing it. This is likely to happen when you affix and remove the separate one part protective rubber duo caps. At the other end of the binoculars there is a similar problem with the objective lense rubber protective caps. They cleverly attach to the barrels hard chassis via their ring rubber extension. That too slides off and falls very easily for example if you take the binocular out of their soft carrying bag. These two things do not affect the optical performance at all. The vortex use hard plastic at the occular instead of rubber (which could be less comfortable) so does not have that issue. The objective rings is just an annoyance but if you loose the occular side rubber it exposes the eye relief guides grooves in the chassis which is more of a concern. After a coupe of days using them i realized the focusing wheel has slack in it. I went to a local store that has the E model with same mechanism and the focusing wheel was firm without play. This slow down the ability to focus every time you change the focus direction. I felt this a more serious defect that impaired usage direclty and decided to return them.EDIT: I got the replacement binocular. All the issues are gone, even the rubber rings seemed to be made of a more elastic rubber don’t fall off. The focusing wheel is normal. Though when they arrive something looked wrong with the diopter locking ring which looked pushed down slanted but as i pushed it down i clicked fully and went back straight. After that I had no problem with it. For the price though these are awesome binoculars, again the optics are excellent better than Vortex diamondback and I used to own Talon Vortex as well at $380, though pin sharp in the center they were not as shap in the periphery of the field of view like the legend. My conclusion is that these are $400-$500 optics binoculars with mechanics no better than a $100 binocular. The result is an extremely appealing value. From the issues I had on the 1st pair only the loose focusing wheel was a performance issue. With the 2nd pair I am very satisfied. These are excelent binoculars for bird and criters watching. But I would not take them in the dirt. These are not military grade ruggedness in construction, it’s all about the glass.

Wow these are incredible for the price, I got a great Black Friday deal @$106, I also have pair of Zeiss Victory TFL 10×42 binoculars, that cost $2000+ And I can barely tell the difference between the two. The Bushnells are excellent! Clarity and color ar great. Of course the Zeiss have better clarity and color representation but for $1900 more I’d except a HUGE difffernece between the two but I just can’t see it.The Bushnell are high quality and a great value even at retail price

Good quality optics but let down by a flimsy focus adjuster which dents easily and an eye cup that falls off. It’s happened to mine and two other friends pairs so it not a one off. Another bad point is a twig got caught in the diopter adjuster as I brushed past it, small piece remained after removing it and now it no long moves freely. On the positive side though, image quality is great, the form factor is nice and compact and they are pretty light.

La luminosité et la légèreté de ces jumelles sont très satisfaisante et le principe des œilletons pour les porteurs de lunettes est une bonne idée. Malheureusement, la qualité mécanique n’est pas au rendez-vous car un des œilletons s’est décollé après seulement 5 jours d’utilisation et a été perdu.Le service client d’Amazon a été parfait en nous proposant le remplacement mais la nouvelle paire expédiée en remplacement est arrivée cassée en deux au niveau de l’articulation de réglage.

Excellent value for the money, top rated binoculars as I did the research on them as they were a gift for someone who knew more about them then I did and they were very please! Shipped quickly, were well protected and had a lot of things I did not expect with them but that could have been just me. 😁 I would totally recommend these!!

Eyepiece fell off as well as a lens cap after 2 20 minute uses. Had to send it in for warranty repair. What a PITA!The good thing is the glass is very good. Otherwise I recommend getting something better.

La qualité optique est bonne avec une bonne taille de pupille des sortie.Très bonne luminosité.Par contre, l’œilleton qui se décolle tout seul après très peu d’utilisation fait vraiment moyen sur des jumelles de ce prix et met le doute sur la tenu de l’ensemble dans le temps.