Chinese scoopx bino reviews?

[JGRaider]

I’ll post a pic it came with a digiscoping mount give me a few hours and you’ll have a photo. I was aiming to do it anyway.

Unedited would be nice.

 

[Kenn]

Years ago I followed the hype and bought the Chinese made Zen Ray binoculars. They were very good and I bought more and talked friends into buying them. EVERY single one eventually had to be returned for collimation until they went out of business and we now all have paperweights. I’m guessing the Zen Ray folks started a new binocular company with great hype and without the obligation of honoring the old warranties. I won’t be investing in the latest greatest Chinese crap again.

 

[JGRaider]

Years ago I followed the hype and bought the Chinese made Zen Ray binoculars. They were very good and I bought more and talked friends into buying them. EVERY single one eventually had to be returned for collimation until they went out of business and we now all have paperweights. I’m guessing the Zen Ray folks started a new binocular company with great hype and without the obligation of honoring the old warranties. I won’t be investing in the latest greatest Chinese crap again.

Good point on Zen Ray. You can add Styrka to the list as well. Common sense will tell us that a $75 binocular makes a good toy, nothing more.

 

[Trapperkid]

The photo is quite a bit worse than what you see with your eye so be mindful of that idk why I couldn’t get it to take a decent picture but this was as good as I could get focused on a tree at 30 ish yards. You can also see CA on high contrast like power lines or buzzards in the sky. And the eye box isn’t fantastic but also I paid 70 dollars for them and at 200 yards I could watch a bluebird chase a mocking bird and it was plenty clear. I haven’t had it out in lowlight yet so I cannot give any info at all. Bottom line is for me deer hunting mostly and at ranges of 300 or less typically a lot less these will work very well.

 

[JGRaider]

About what I'd expect from a $70 bino. What's the FOV?

 

[Trapperkid]

Hotmail, why don't you put a whole bunch of those binoculars together and take a photo for us. Never heard of a hobbyist with a 200 piece collection.

Can't wait for the repair/warranty reports for these sub $100 binos. I bet it's a painless process, if there is a process.......

I believe the company went out of business so there won’t be any warranty I think it’s just a good binocular at a great price for someone who doesn’t need every last bit of detail and can’t spend very much money on Binos.

 

[Trapperkid]

About what I'd expect from a $70 bino. What's the FOV?

The specs say 341 feet at 1000 yards

 

[Trapperkid]

Another thing is they have a very close focus if that matters to you I can actually focus on the grass at my feet and I’m 6 foot

 

[Shō[t]gun]

I believe the company went out of business so there won’t be any warranty I think it’s just a good binocular at a great price for someone who doesn’t need every last bit of detail and can’t spend very much money on Binos.

This is exactly right on what should be said about that style of optic. I’m sure you got exactly what you expected and there’s nothing wrong with that.
The other guy blasting all these brands at the same price point is whatever, but to pretend that they compete with HG’s, conquests, Genesis, and the other standards at $1000 is absolute lunacy and disingenuous to people looking for a quality product. Thank you for posting a picture and being honest.

 

[Hotmail]

Hotmail, why don't you put a whole bunch of those binoculars together and take a photo for us. Never heard of a hobbyist with a 200 piece collection.

Can't wait for the repair/warranty reports for these sub $100 binos. I bet it's a painless process, if there is a process.......

I don't post pictures unless I'm selling anything which I am not

 

[JGRaider]

I don't post pictures unless I'm selling anything which I am not

Very predictable. I believe about 10% of what you post.

 

[Elmer J. Fudd]

I paid 30 for my set. I’m satisfied. I have no doubt they will not last the test of time. I think the bigger picture here is that these are a budget option that do their job for guys that do not require 1000 dollar binos. I wanted a pair of binos for the work truck that if they disappeared would not ruin my day and these fit the bill.

 

[UpTop]

Years ago I followed the hype and bought the Chinese made Zen Ray binoculars. They were very good and I bought more and talked friends into buying them. EVERY single one eventually had to be returned for collimation until they went out of business and we now all have paperweights. I’m guessing the Zen Ray folks started a new binocular company with great hype and without the obligation of honoring the old warranties. I won’t be investing in the latest greatest Chinese crap again.

This is spot on. Paper weights. Don’t be fooled people. These things are straight trash.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

I am going to chime in since I picked up 4 of these on ebay for $45/pop. I also have some Viper HD 10x42s. Optically they are very comparable. For $45, I don’t care if the company went out of business. I am going to keep a pair of these in my vehicles and if they are broken or stolen, I won’t lose sleep.

 

[Elmer J. Fudd]

I am going to chime in since I picked up 4 of these on ebay for $45/pop. I also have some Viper HD 10x42s. Optically they are very comparable. For $45, I don’t care if the company went out of business. I am going to keep a pair of these in my vehicles and if they are broken or stolen, I won’t lose sleep.

I paid 30 for my set. I have vipers too and feel the same way. If I see them at that price I’m grabbing them. Great for kids and loaners

 

[Mike D Texas]

I am going to chime in since I picked up 4 of these on ebay for $45/pop. I also have some Viper HD 10x42s. Optically they are very comparable. For $45, I don’t care if the company went out of business. I am going to keep a pair of these in my vehicles and if they are broken or stolen, I won’t lose sleep.

No they aren’t.

Anyone who says stuff like that is disingenuous AT BEST.

A $45 pair of optics will never optically compare to ones costing several hundred $$.

They serve a purpose I suppose but they aren’t comparable.


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[PredatorSlayer]

No they aren’t.

Anyone who says stuff like that is disingenuous AT BEST.

A $45 pair of optics will never optically compare to ones costing several hundred $$.

They serve a purpose I suppose but they aren’t comparable.


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They weren’t always $45. I think MSRP was $300+ before the company went out of business. I think the viper is a fair comparison. They are nowhere near my Kowa Genesis or my Leupold Santiams.

 

[westsloper]

Right now Scoopx binos are in the mid $150 range . It's not inconceivable for binos in that price range to be comparable to Vipers. Athlon Midas binos can be found in that price range occasionally and they are competitive with the Vipers IMO.

Most cheap and mid-range binos are coming out of the same factories in China and they are probably very cheap to produce. Maybe I need to have an open mind and accept that these Chinese sellers might really have basically the same product. Just "cutting out the middle man."

For me, though, I still live by the principle that if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. I'm sure I will miss out on some good deals that way, but I just don't have an open enough mind yet to buy from companies with names like "elabopt" and "Scoopx" and "svbony."

 

[Elmer J. Fudd]

My thoughts when I look at them is they look a lot like Athlon’s. I’m thinking the factory that was contracted to make them for Athlon had unsold product and found a buyer. Hence the no warranty or support. Might be showing us what we are actually paying for when we are buying the Chinese produced optics.

 

[Shō[t]gun]

Hence the no warranty or support. Might be showing us what we are actually paying for when we are buying the Chinese produced optics.

I’ve been thinking about that for a while now. Is the “unconditional, no-fault, fully transferable warranty” actually good for the industry? It seems to me that all it’s done is move production to China and forced us to pay 3x the actual price for cheap products with an American logo. They dont even attempt to fix most returns, just send you a brand new box. There’s no way it’s a profitable business model to do that for very long without gouging hard somewhere.

Probably a subject worthy of its own thread.