Performance or
portability? When it comes to
binoculars, that is often the question. Over the years, my choice in binoculars (at least for daytime use) has tended to the portability side when answering that question. To compensate, somewhat, for the loss of performance by going with a smaller objective, I have opted to spend the bucks and get high grade
compact binoculars. Compact binoculars, even premium compact binoculars, though, are still not quite as easy to use as full-size binoculars, but after forty plus years as a
binocular user, this is hardly an issue for me, now. Compact binoculars do everything I need, even when I am doing serious
birding. Of course, I also back up my birding by carrying a good
spotting scope - but that's another story.