How to Shop for Travel Binoculars

You need travel binoculars, but you don’t know what kind. Start with these questions.

We’re fortunate to have an abundance of handy tools and gadgets in 2020 that help us to experience and immerse ourselves in the great outdoors.

Whether it’s the not-so-humble smartphone eternally in our pocket or the walking sticks that make eating up the miles easy, we must make the right calls on our kit, so we don’t end up with that dreaded buyer’s remorse.

Your travel binoculars are no exception. We trek the outdoors to experience and see the world, but our eyes our limited.

For the price of a few dollars (or more!) and a few extra grams (give or take), we can massively augment that vision – and our enjoyment as a result.

Travel binoculars come in many shapes and sizes, so you’ll need to know what you want out of yours before you go buying.

Here are the right questions to ask yourself.

Are you expecting to look…