{"id":314,"date":"2018-07-30T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T12:29:45","slug":"compact-vs-pocket-binoculars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/blog\/compact-vs-pocket-binoculars\/","title":{"rendered":"Compact vs. Pocket Binoculars | Optics Trade Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FXoGLEbgWQg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/thermal-imaging.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button1\">Check out compact binoculars here<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Welcome to Optics Trade debates. In each episode, we talk about a different topic and try to answer the most common questions we receive about it. Today we are going to talk about <strong>compact and pocket binoculars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">There is a lot of confusion between these two categories, even though the binoculars from these two categories are <strong>very different.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html\">Pocket binoculars<\/a> are much smaller, mainly because of the lens diameter. Lens diameters on all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html\">pocket binoculars<\/a> is <strong>smaller than 25 mm.<\/strong> All binoculars with lenses bigger than <strong>26 mm<\/strong> and smaller than<strong> 36 mm <\/strong>are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/compact-binoculars.html\">considered <strong>compact<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The majority of binoculars from these two categories have either 8x or 10x magnification. There are some rare models that feature <strong>6x, 7x or 12x magnification.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The main advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html\">pocket binoculars<\/a> is that they are very small and can literally fit in a pocket. They usually feature a double hinged construction, which enables them to be really compact when folded. The interpupillary distance can be extremely small, so even the smallest children can use them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button1\">Check out pocket binoculars here<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">There are some downsides, most of which occurred because of the effort to make a small product. The optical performance is a bit compromised. The eye relief is small which is a big problem for people who wear glasses and the eyecups usualy have only two positions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In overall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/compact-binoculars.html\">compact binoculars<\/a> are not that comfortable to use.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">One of the advantages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/compact-binoculars.html\">compact binoculars<\/a> is that they offer almost equal optical performance as full-size <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars.html\">binoculars<\/a>, but weigh 20-30 % less. They are really good for hiking and mountaineering. Compact binoculars are more or less limited to daytime use because of their small objective lenses.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Pocket binoculars are usually cheaper because there are more compromises in their optical build and are usually bought for children because of their small interpupillary distance or for their compactness.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">We would like to thank you for your time. In case we did not answer all the questions regarding this topic, please leave a comment below or send an e-mail to us. If you found this video useful, please subscribe to our channel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/awzsd-949323-pb?from=share&amp;skin=1&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=0&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=107\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Products mentioned:<\/strong><br \/>\nCompact binoculars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/compact-binoculars.html\">https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/compact-binoculars.html<\/a><br \/>\nPocket binoculars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html\">https:\/\/www.optics-trade.eu\/en\/binoculars\/pocket-binoculars.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out compact binoculars here Welcome to Optics Trade debates. In each episode, we talk about a different topic and try to answer the most common questions we receive about it. Today we are going to talk about compact and pocket binoculars. 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