The Nikon Monarch 5 8x56 is an excellent pair of binoculars that would work well for marine, car, home, or astronomy use. For those wondering what the difference is between the Monarch 5 line and the Monarch 7 now that the Monarch 5 has ED objective lenses: if we were to compare the 8x42 Monarch 5...

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  Extremely bright, work well in low light situations

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  Extremely bright, work well in low light situations

I have had these binoculars for a couple of mounts now and they have been in rain and snow, and still like brand new absolutely love these.

These are the best darn binos to ever grace my eye holes. Best optics and love that 56mm objective. PERFECT!

Very sharp, bright and easy to handle. Just one comment, the diopter ring is very stiff, too stiff, otherwise, very pleased with them.

Exactly as advertised,perfect!

well made with good optics.

I have seen slightly better results from Zeiss and Leica but they cost 8 times the price. These Nikon binoculars are great value for money. They are small, lightweight and easy to use.

This review is given on the basis that the binoculars were purchased for daylight observation in good light. I'm giving these 5 stars on the basis of value and performance when compared to similar mag/objective dia binoculars from Swaro, Zeiss, Leica and Vortex.

This is a wonderful instrument, provided you know how to use it and how to properly set it... I'm referring to another out-of-the-world review written by someone that apparently does not know what a pair of binoculars is... ("it is OK for up to a km" ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What does that mean?!?!?!?!?

Got great deal on them. Looks like quaility is very good .Clear view , Crisp picture when viewing with them.

not as good as it should be,because its nikon,it says 20x56 but i have a kowa which is 8x42 and its much better than that,the price is too much for these binos, its ok for up to a KM,