What's the best optical bang for the buck when it comes to pricing
binoculars? It's usually around the $300 price point and that is also a price point where there is the most competition. Beyond $300, you begin to spend more and more for ever smaller increases in performance and quality in a
binocular. Still, if you need more quality and performance in a binocular, and you may if you use a binocular, hard, on a regular basis, it is well worth paying more to get a better binocular. In the long run, that
expensive binocular may be the better value for a serious user. There is a reason that professional hunting and birding guides - people who use binocuars to make a living - don't carry cheap binoculars. People who need and depend on binoculars understand the concept of value over time.