Bushnell binoculars have been around .. well, almost forever. The Bushnell name, in some circles, is incorrectly associated only with cheap binoculars. Yes,
Bushnell does make cheap binoculars; the Bushnell philosophy has always been to offer a product at every price point. However, this same philosophy also provides us with some premium binoculars, such as the Bushnell
Elite, either in the open bridge
Bushnell Elite or the more conventional
Bushnell E2. Is there another binocular out there with as distinguished a pedigree as the Bushnell Elite binocular? I was selling binoculars when the first Elites hit the market and that first Elite established, once and for all, that a Japanese binocular could indeed compete with the high end European
binoculars. The current Bushnell Elites hold true to that tradition and are excellent values in a binocular for birding, hunting or all around use.