I have not used Vanguard Binos. As always with binoculars I recommend
trying them out for yourself as binocular choice can be quite
personal, Bintel I see stocks them now, so you should be able to call
in and try them out.
They seem to have quite a range of prices, I'd suggest staying away
from the very cheap roof prism styles (straight barrels) as the prisms
in that style of binocular require very good coatings to get the best
performance, the porro prism style (bent barrels) are more
forgiving. The advantage of the roof prism style is they are easier
to waterproof. The Wikipedia article on binoculars explains some of
this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars Some of the very cheap
roof prisms may not have phase coatings.
If you are prepared to spend a little more then look at the Nikon
Monarch DCF range, very good for the price, the 8x36 are $379 and the
8x42 $499. If you want to spend less look at the Nikon porro prism
models.
regards,
Chris Ross
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