Comments on: Gear Review: Steiner 8x30mm Military/Marine Binoculars

By: Clive Conolly

Clive Conolly — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:24:06 +0000

When will the Steiner come out with built in range finder? Now you talkin!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:11:35 +0000

My most used binoculars for prairie dogs are a pair of 6x Vortex. Long eye relief, huge filed of view makes them very easy on the eyes.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:56:56 +0000

Hogan: Thanks for your feedback. I didn’t have any fogging problem on a very rainy/ foggy day in the Colorado mountains. But the temp never dropped below about 50 deg and I always had a ball cap. I suspect the Fujinons may have a more advanced lens coating.

By: hogan

hogan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:36:50 +0000

Owned a pair of Steiner Military & Marine 8x30s for over 10 years. Very crisp contrast, great individual focus diopters, compact & rugged.

Unfortunately on several Alaska hunting trips the Steiners would continually fog under wet and rainy conditions. When I began carrying my Fujinon M22 binos, I never again encounted any fogging. Too bad the Steiners weren’t up to my needs, their lightweight and armored compactness made them much easier to carry than the full size 7×50 fujinon.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:31:04 +0000

I have used a pair of Steiner 8×30 Military/Marine exclusively for the last 14 years. The only knock is being stuck with eight power. I have very different problems with my eyes and slight astigmatism, and I can glass hillsides for hours on end with no eye fatigue. Use a buddy’s Nikon 10x50s more than a few minutes and my eyes are crossed and I begin to get a splitting headache. Same goes for my family member’s Leupold 8 and 10 power binoculars; however, the 8x Leupolds are a distant second. The only other binos I have viewed over much time without eye fatigue that gave BETTER contrast, etc… were $2000+ Ziess. Sooo let’s see $2000!?! Unless you NEED magnification for positive identification of small details beyond 4-500 yards, I think these are hands down the best binos for the money. (at least that I have viewed!)

By: Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison — Tue, 24 May 2011 22:02:27 +0000

I just got in from a short varminting session up ’til dusk – got a magpie at bit over 230 yards with the 20Tac… Surely everyone uses binoculars when varminting? I can’t imagine trying to spot them using a rifle-mounted scope! I’ve had a set of Steiner 8×56 Hunter binoculars for quite a few years, excellent performers, not up to Zeiss etc but of course they’re much cheaper.