Maybe I’m suffering from a case of cabin fever, but my thoughts of late have been of lakes and canoeing, camping gear, spring birdwatching, bicycling and so on. Okay, that definitely ranks as a case of cabin fever, but, then, it is February and that is a traditional month for cabin fever.
For canoeing, I like a waterproof compact binocular. I have four compact binoculars. I also like a solid and optically good compact binocular, but one that does not cost an arm and a leg, just in case you dump the canoe. I do not have one of those; all my compact binoculars are premium compact binoculars and the thought of one of them on the bottom of a local lake or river does not give me a warm fuzzy. So, time to buy compact binocular for canoeing.
I’ve always liked reverse porro prism design compact binoculars, since you get the most optical bang for the buck with this binocular design; there are some excellent porro prism compact binoculars on the market at a very reasonable price. Lastly, I’ll take 8x, rather than 10x, for the sake of steadiness in a canoe. Some great choices in compact binos in a reverse porro prism design include the Nikon Prostaff 8x25, the Pentax UCF WP 8x25, the Vortex Vanquish 8x26 and so on. Those are all within my budget for a canoe and kayak binocular.
Time to go clean the snow off the canoe.