Eschenbach Glamour opera glasses 3x25, gold

I bought these as part of a birthday present and they were very well received. They are used regularly, and not always at the opera. They are just right for watching birds through the sitting room window at their feeders. They fit into a small handbag, they look great, and are not heavy to hold. Good value.

It’s more like a toy, at least optics wise. Somehow the focus ring isn’t aligned between the cups and if you set right cup to match the focus for your eyes, once you focus to another distance, the eyes go out of sync. That’s in top of general sharpness issues. For this money, get a Celestron 8x25 instead, it’s a real binoculars, not perfect, but much better for the money

Expensive and poor quality - fell to bits - see photo

Compact, beautifully designed binoculars. Great at the opera

It is perfect in every way.

I really wanted to love these. I spent a long time choosing them, to replace some which finally became faulty after over forty years of service. These are very pretty but they feel just a little bit flimsy. I'm not sure they will last anything like that long.More crucially however, if you really want to look at dancers or singers up close then these have demonstrated to me that you are better off with true binoculars in as small a size as you can find. These equate to little more than a good pair of long-distance spectacles. And the field of vision is pretty small too. I mourn my old ones really.

Very cheaply made and not fit for purpose.