With that in mind, the SPECS look pretty good for a pair of Binoculars in that price range. The fact that they contain the superlative BAK-4 prisms suggests that they are optically good.

The one thing I would suggest looking into is the eye-relief (which is not stated). For wearers of glasses, this is an important factor. Short eye relief makes it difficult to see the entire field of view.

Another caveat: This particular brand is not amongst those highly regarded by today’s observers.

These binoculars where formerly Bresser branded. They are not truly terrible but there are better options in the price bracket. My preference in this kind of territory would be the Visionary B4s. They are fairly basic but solidly built and essentially reasonable performers, and should be a bit cheaper that those binos you are looking at.

The Optical Hardware Elinors have had mainly positive reviews and are very solidly built (they’re confident enough to offer a 30 year warranty) but you would be looking at the 8×45s – a tad smaller but still a pretty good spec in my view. However when I handled them I found there’s something not quite right about the balance – they just don’t _feel_ right in my hands. That is purely subjective of course but I’d recommend to make sure you try before you buy.

If you really must have roof prism binos then I’d look at Hawke Blackwatches. Like most cheapish roof prism binos they do put diffraction spikes on stars, but those are not too bad – certainly better than many in the price bracket.

The only exceptions are a few distant galaxies visible with binocs, such as M31, M33, the Magellanic Clouds. The Messier List contains over two dozen galaxies that are visible with good binoculars.