wachtelhund

I also have a pair of Alpen binoculars, 10X42; and they are very good. Clear bright lens, sharp all the way to theedges. Very well made and look and feel like a quality glass. Normally, I don't like 10X Binoculars. Mine were sold by Aldi, a grocery chain that my wife shops at. Every week they have special sale items. They were selling these for $50.00, when they had four left they marked them down to $20.00 (usual practice on special items). I said what the heck and bought a pair. After opening them and trying them out and comparing them to my other binoculars, I went back andpurchased the other three pair and gave them away as gifts. I met a Aplen rep at a trade show a year later and told him about my purchase. He couldn't believe they sold them so cheap. He said they normally sold for $175.00.