Celestron Upclose G2 20X50 Porro Binocular

Excellent product. No match for this. Worth for money. Packaging was good but could be better if bubble packing would have used.

Nice and high contrast focus wheel works very smoothly and finely.

The media could not be loaded. It's been along time since I had bought this. Pretty resilient... I'm attaching a video for reference.

Design flaw makes it weak and susceptible to damage in its central connector which renders the entire binoculars unusable since its not possible to zoom once the central connector is damaged. Wasted purchase. Will not be purchasing from Celestron again.

Packaging review:An year ago, I ordered a 10×50 g2 upclose. It came in the worst kind of packaging and the item box is torn up totally. Moreover, behind the diopter there was a big crack. I returned it immediately. A week ago, I ordered an 8×40 G2 up close (April 9th 2023). Again the packaging came in worst condition. Felt like a used product by looking at the item cover box. It says the manufacturing was sept 2022, but the condition of the box felt like 2018. The packaging seems to be always a problem with both the seller and celestron company. There is no extra shock protection inside. It travelled all the way from Delhi to Chennai and guess what, one of the objective lens is detached and sent. I thought it was broken. It was infuriating, but Somehow I managed attach it to the main body using the internal threading it has. For 4000 rupees I thought I should not complain. But hey, it's celestron. The budget friendly product. No matter how much the product actually values, packaging must be taken care by the sellers. That's how we value them. We all know how the transportation and delivery can break the items inside. There is no "Fragile item inside. Handle with care on the outside of the Amazon Packaging. For this I giveAmazon Packaging: 2 starsSeller care: 2 starsCelestron company packaging: 2 starsBinoculars review:Quality wise it's in between an OK product and a Great product, especially at this cost. If you are a beginner you will be in that Awe moment. I personally think 8×40 or 8×42 are all rounders. The issues I have with especially with celestron are:1. Not truly multi coated as they claim.2. Not sufficient exit pupil3. Poor Internal build4. Not water proofThe good things about celestron are1. Budget friendly and good lenses2. Good for professional use3. Light weight (8×40 vs 10×50 huge difference)4. No chromatic abberation.5. Good external build6. Good lens protection caps. It fits.7. You could see upto 6.3 magnitude stars in the darkest sky. Seeing magnitude 7 and 8 in this is impossible.So I decided to keep mine. Overall it's a good deal.

Very handy and powerful binoculars at a good price. A name brand.

Build: DurableWeight: A little on the heavier side however that is expected for a porro prism binoculars of 10 & more zoom.Picture quality: ClearFocus: Easy to setZoom: lacks variable zoom, it should be available at this price. Otherwise zoom quality is excellent. But definitely needs stability or tripod.

Great for looking at moon. I saw moon when it was say 60% white. The shadow border regions were awesome. Could see the mountains. That said maybe in less pollution I could see planets clearer. But even with tripod that didn't happen. For birdwatching etc it's too good.