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The diverse Safari Ultrasharp series form German brand Steiner is aimed at just about any traveller, sports enthusiast, or nature lover on the lookout for a great value for money, but high performance binocular.

Within this range, you will find standard sized 42 mm roof prism binoculars, mid-size 30 mm, and 25 mm Porro prism models as well as 26mm roof prism compacts and the tiny Ultrasharp 8x22 pocket binocular.

Important Features

All binoculars within the Safari Ultrasharp range are built around Steiner’s super tough polycarbonate Makrolon housing that is designed to survive 11 Gs of impact. On top of this chassis, Steiner has added their NBR-Longlife rubber armour. This adds further protection to the optics and provides a comfortable, high grip surface to hold onto. The high level of protection continues in the form of O-ring seals that make the binocular completely waterproof and with their nitrogen filled interiors, they are also fogproof as well.

Steiner Ultrasharp binoculars also use their excellent ClicLoc strap attachment system that makes it both easier and quicker to add or remove the neck strap from the instrument.

Optical Properties

Compact models incorporate Steiner’s advanced UV coatings and all models have a high-contrast optical system that produces a bright image with true-to-life colour reproduction and a high contour sharpness that is designed to maintain an exceptional optical performance around outdoor activities.

The Porro prism Safari Ultrasharp binoculars use the Steiner Sports-Auto-Focus system. Sometimes referred to as focus free or individual focus binoculars it means that these binoculars have an incredibly long depth of view and each eyepiece has a diopter adjuster. So once you have configured them to match your particular eyesight, no further focal adjustments are necessary as everything from around 20 meters, right to infinity will remain in focus. What is more, some models also feature their Sports-Auto-Focus Plus hybrid system that makes the binocular even more versatile as they also include a centre focusing wheel that reduces the minimum close focus distance to only 2 meters!

The optics on these Steiner binoculars are also fully multi-coated which is excellent, as it means every air to glass surface has multiple layers of special anti-reflection coatings that assist in the transmission of light for brighter as well as sharper views.

Accessories

Steiner Safari Ultrasharp Binoculars all come with a protective carry case, lens cleaning cloth and comfortable Neoprene neck strap which attaches to the binocular using the excellent ClicLoc attachment system.

The Non-compact models are also bundled with protective covers for both the ocular land objective lenses. Made from NBR long-life rubber, they can be attached to the binocular using their ClicLoc quick release system.

Features of Steiner Safari Ultrasharp Binoculars

Common Features on All Models:

Fully Multi-Coated Anti-Reflection Optics
Non-slip NBR-Longlife Rubber Armour Protection
Waterproof & Fogproof (nitrogen-pressure-filled interior)
Adjustable Ergonomic Eyecups with Side Shields
Steiner ClicLoc Strap Attachment System

Compact Roof Prism Models:

Central Focus Wheel
Advanced UV Coatings
Double Hinge Design Body Design
Polycarbonate Makrolon Housing
Right-eye Diopter

Porro Prism Models:

Classical standard versions or add a Camouflage Zebra or Leopard pattern on Adventure Editions
Classical, But Ergonomic Porro Prism Shape
Steiner High Contras Optics
Sports-Auto-Focus & Central Focus Wheel Options
Right-eye Diopter & Individual Diopter Setting on both Eyepieces

42mm Roof Prism Adventure Edition:

Classical standard version or add a Camouflage Zebra or Leopard pattern
Single Bridge Body Design
Steiner High Contras Optics
Fast-Close-Focus Central Focusing Wheel
Twist-up Eyecups
Right-eye Diopter

Warranty Terms and Conditions

Steiner Safari Ultrasharp Binoculars are protected by the Steiner 10 year guarantee. This states that if your binocular defective for any reason other than deliberate misuse, Steiner will service or replace it at no charge to you and with no questions asked. Keep in mind that wear parts like the rubber armouring, carry straps, eyecups or lens covers are not included in this warranty.

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The name itself suggests the purpose of pocket binoculars which is to be able to store and carry them around in your pockets. They are small, lightweight, and very easy to hold in hands and carry around the neck.

They’re perfect for birding, traveling, safari, or any outdoor observations (sports events or concerts).

To ensure smaller dimensions and compactness they usually have a roof prism system that offers better optical technology and binoculars are therefore sharper. The other occurring prism system is reverse Porro.

Due to their small size, the lens diameters are between 20mm and 26mm and the magnification is normally between 8x and 12x.

With most pocket binoculars the bridge folds at two different places to bring both optical barrels together – that way they’re really compact, suitable to store in pockets and offer closer interpupillary distance.

However, in some rare cases, the bridge folds in only one place which makes them less compact. Because they are intended to be used outside they are usually waterproof and fogproof, to prevent any inside fogging when exposing your binoculars to extreme temperature fluctuations.

To keep their compactness, they have short eye relief which makes them less suitable for eyeglass wearers.

In comparison with compact binoculars, they have smaller magnifications and smaller objective lenses. But in comparison with opera glasses, they are bigger and have bigger magnifications.

However, due to their small size, they may not be the most comfortable to look through. If the barrels are too close or the focusing knob is too small they may be more difficult and uncomfortable to use.

Main Features of Pocket Binocular:

(+) easy to store in your pockets
(+) lightweight
(+) waterproof and fogproof
(+) easy handling and carrying
(+) suitable for daytime observations
(+) versatile
(-) short eye relief (less suitable for eyeglass wearers)
(+/-) lens diameter < 26 mm

Compact Binoculars Vs. Pocket Binocular

Compact binoculars:

have a lens diameter bigger than 30 mm
are more demanding to put into the pocket
are not so small.

Compact binoculars usually have only one fold, while pocket binocular has two folds.

In fact, pocket binocular is meant for those, who care the most about the appearance (small size, compactness) and not so much about the quality of observing, since it is a little uncomfortable to use it.

Compact binoculars are however much more comfortable and suitable for those who intend to take the observations more seriously. In low light conditions, none of them are doing too well.

In general, pocket binocular is almost unusable in such situations. It is very hard to use this type of binocular when wearing glasses.

Binoculars for Bird watching

People do not buy this type of binocular primarily for birding. However, this is binocular that you can always carry in your pocket and when it comes to the situation to observe, you can take that binocular out of your pocket and look through it.

Watching is usually better with 8x than 10x magnification, since binocular with 8x magnification is smaller and easier to hold.

Best Pocket Binoculars

The best binoculars are produced by the renowned European sports optics manufacturers such as:

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Leica Binoculars

There are two series of Leica's binoculars- Trinovid and Ultravid. Ultravid is considered to be one of the best and Trinovid is more entry-level. Both have superior optics in a pocket format.

Ultravid is available in black and silver line and its armoring is made of black leather. Its overall appearance is truly amazing- it is extremely small and has a dual hinge design which allows the binocular to fold in two places and thus makes the binocular even smaller (when folded).

Swarovski Binoculars

As far as the Swarovski binoculars are concerned, the latter presented only one series on the market, called CL pocket. There are two configurations of them, 8x25 and 10x25, available in black, hunting-green, and sand colors.

Zeiss Binoculars

Zeiss binoculars are the latest among all mentioned above because they came on the market the last.

They claim that they are the best in this category as far as the optical performance is concerned since they were presented later than the others and so it was possible to further improve them.

They are also available in 8x25 and 10x25 and have a unique design with an interesting central bridge - the hinge is not symmetrical since the binoculars are folded so that the central focus knob is on the side.

Roof prisms

Pocket binocular is one of the smallest in the category of binoculars.

As mentioned before, they normally feature roof prisms, instead of Porro prisms. Since Porro prisms are so much bigger, their size disables them to be a part of pocket binocular construction.

Binoculars with Porro prism can never be folded as tightly as those with roof prism. This is the reason why pocket binocular rarely (almost never) features Porro prisms.

Another important thing to point out is that pocket binocular features a dual hinge mechanism.

Since size plays such an important factor, one hinge mechanism is simply out of question.

As you can see in the picture, dual hinge binoculars can be folded way closer than one hinge binoculars, which enables the user to simply store them in a pocket of a small space.

Since Porro prism are bigger, they produce brighter, sharper, and more realistic 3D images. Therefore Porro prism binoculars can have better optical performance as equally priced roof prism counterparts.

One hinge and dual hinge binoculars