Oberwerk Binoculars Reviews

Oberwerk binoculars are one of the products of the famous company, Oberwerk, which has been continuously working in making improvements in the quality of overseas optics factories. To them, cost is not a matter; quality is. This is why these binoculars are one of the best you can find today. Though some models of their binoculars resemble other binoculars, there are some features that differentiate it from others. Binoculars by Berwerk have the highest quality BAK4 prisms which gives the best performance across large fields of view.

All Oberwerk optics and binoculars come with a one year warranty, from the date of its purchase that covers the costs of all problems that arise from manufacturing defects. The greatest reason you should buy them is that it is the only binocular with a lifetime exchange program. According to this program, regardless of age and condition, customers can exchange their old binoculars for new binoculars of the same model, at a 40% discount over the MSRP.

Short History of Oberwerk

It is in Russ Research Center that each and every Oberwerk binoculars is thoroughly tested and fine-tuned for perfection. It is this perfection in its production that makes these binoculars a bit more expensive than other cheap ones in the market.  However, these binoculars are bargains when compared to the finest and most expensive brands of the world.

Common Features

The multi-coatings in these binoculars are of good quality, which helps in maximizing the amount of light passing through the lens. Without coating, the lens surface only passes about 95% of the light hitting the binoculars. The remaining 5% gets lost due to reflection and scattering of light.

Though binoculars with a single coating are slightly more efficient, it passes only 98-99% of light. However, in the case of multi coating lens found in Oberwerk binoculars, about 99.5% of light gets passed, making it the most efficient binoculars of the lot.

These devices also pride itself for having the best broadband and multi coating available on its air-to-glass surfaces. In addition to this, they are slow focusers where you need more than one turn of the focus wheel to move from one side of the focus range to the other side.

Performance/Ratings

This is in comparison with other brands that use ‘fast’ focusers which move from one end to the other within ½ turn of the focus wheel. The slow focuser in these binoculars give precise adjustment, and will not drift because of the pressure in the oculars.

As binoculars are basically two side by side telescopes, it is through collimation that these telescopes are aligned with each other, for correct merging of the images.

The binoculars also have easily accessible collimation set-screws that you can use for easy adjustment of the alignment of the images, making this one of the better choices for a pair of binoculars.

Popular Oberwerk Models

Of the many models available, the Oberwerk 100mm binoculars are really unique. These binoculars are manufactured by YunAo Optics and Oberwerk, under a joint collaboration. On looking at these binoculars, you find that there is nothing that comes closer to the level of quality and optical performance in Oberwerk binoculars.

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