Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The Bushnell Perma Focus binoculars are a godsend to my wife. They are extremely useful to me but they are not for everyone. They are not a one-size-fits-all, all -purposes binoculars. They are exceptionally useful for people who have trouble using (focusing & adjusting) binoculars who want to look at things at 25 plus yards away. For fast actions sports from up in the stands, like football, NASCAR, track and field they are what you need. Scanning the shores from cruise ships, whale watching, anything that it is not probable that you are going to get close into the subject, such as wildlife watching from a distance (wolves, bears, moose), or wildlife that you prefer watching from a distance (wolves, bears, moose). Put these dudes up to your eyes and you are instantly in business. There is nothing to adjust, nothing to balance, nothing to fiddle with. Bingo you are there, in focus, and following what is going on with these non-focus binoculars. We have two pair. I bought one pair from Amazon.com for much less that the stores wanted. With weeks my wife had confiscated them for her use. So eventually I popped for a second set from Amazon. We have several sets of binoculars around the house acquired over the years, many of which did not survive falls, being tread on, or our children. The Perma Focus are plenty rugged for normal use. There is almost nothing on them to break actually. What they are not. They are not for close in viewing. In my experience they do not focus well on things within 25 yards of you. If you are a birder looking for eagles and hawks from mountain trails they would work for you. If you need binoculars to watch cardinals or humming birds in closer proximity, these are not for you. When I'm not sure what range I will need to be looking at, I carry a small pair of pocket 8x20 adjustable binoculars as my alternate pair for close in work. The Perma Focus work well with or without glasses. The eye pieces do fold down, although you have to convince them that they want to do that the first time you use them. I have lousy vision that is correctable to only 20/40 in one eye and 20/20 in the other. Strangely enough without my glasses I can see closer in with these binoculars than the 25 yards, but not much further out. That means, that how close in you can use them will vary from user to user. The distance vision should be great for everyone. I'd say that they do what they do extremely well.