Tasco 10-30x50 Porro Prism Zoom Binoculars Black

Our son was looking at this same pair at Cabela's twice the price he was happy to get them as a birthday gift

It does what it is supposed to do.

great binoculars for the price. Very clear and the zoom is great.

The zoom lever was stiff and not smooth. Focused on an object, then using the zoom lever was so stiff and jumpy that I could not keep the object in the field of vision. Older versions of the binocular did not have this problem... may have been on this particular pair of binoculars.

I bought a similar pair of Simmons binoculars and the Tasco product was clearly inferior. It did not have the depth of field or ability to focus as clearly. I expected the zoom to magnify 3x more than the 10x50 Simmons model but if it did, it wasn't noticeable. They also felt much cheaper than the Simmons model that was $20 less.

wouldn't focus at higher power settings. extremely blurry. returned

Bought them because I liked the zoom feature and they seemed like a good alternative to the much more expensive Nikon's. Used them twice before the focus mechanism failed. They got jammed mid-focus. I can still move the zoom lever, but can't focus at any zoom except the 10x. Took them apart to find the set screw that engages the focus knob was wedged into the really thin/low-quality aluminum center pin. Not worth the savings, get nicer quality binoculars.