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The whole idea of the Best Binocular Reviews website is to help you to find the best optics for you and your particular needs. Choice is ultimately a good thing, but it can at times become confusing and as the amount of quality binoculars that I review increases, it can in a way make it harder to identify the great from the very good.
Below are links to the winners of past annual binocular awards on Best Binocular Reviews as well as from a number of other reviewers and retailers:
It's important to consider some of the best binoculars I've tested in recent years gone by. Unlike electronics, optical technology evolves more gradually, meaning binoculars that were exceptional 5 or even 10 years ago remain highly relevant and competitive today. Moreover, many of these models are now available at significantly reduced prices, making them even more appealing options for enthusiasts.
Remember optics and in particular instruments like binoculars, monoculars and spotting scopes retain their quality over time, and advancements occur at a slower pace compared to other technologies. Thus, exploring binoculars from previous years can lead to discovering hidden gems that offer exceptional performance and value in today's market:
Over the past twelve months I have tested and reviewed many binoculars. of these there are some that really stood out from the crowd in a particular area or niche and as such, I feel that they deserve to be highlighted and brought to your attention.
Now into its eleventh year, the BBR binocular awards are bigger and better than ever and I have a wide selection of winners in a thirteen seperate categories and price points which include:
Best All-Round, General Use Binoculars 2021 by Price
Best Binoculars 2021 By Use/Niche:
Best Bino Accessories, Other Devices & Gear 2021
For more: BBR's Best Binoculars 2021
Still equally as relevant today as they were last year, be sure to also check out the best binoculars from 2020, 2019, 2018 and even beyond. Not only are these still excellent instruments today, but you also have a better chance of grabbing yourself a discount or deal:
Over the past twelve months I have tested and reviewed many binoculars. of these there are some that really stood out from the crowd in a particular area or niche and as such, I feel that they deserve to be highlighted and brought to your attention.
Now into its ninth year, the BBR binocular awards are bigger and better than ever and I have a wide selection of winners in a thirteen seperate categories and price points which include:
As in the past, the award winners will be announced one-at-a-time over a period of days. For more: BBR's Best Binoculars 2019
For 2018 I decided to change things a little and award the best binoculars at the start, rather than at the end of the year.
I have made this change for a couple of reasons:
So with this in mind, the winners of BBR's Best Binoculars 2018 were announced in January.
With all of this years reviews and tests now completed, I am now currently going through each one and selecting the very best. Each of the winners n a range of categories (see below) are being announced this week. I have decided to spread out the announcements to give each award winner it's deserved time in the spotlight:
Category Winners Announced:
Having conducted more tests and reviews on more brands than ever before, 2015 has been a really busy year for me. This has meant that I have used a wider selection of great and some not so great bins than ever which is great. However this has also meant that the awards had to be delayed a little until all the reviews were completed.
The good news is this is now done and I am proud to introduce the full list of the 2015 Best Binocular Reviews Award Winners
The Categories:
The Outdoor gear reviews guys recently gathered all their favorite binoculars together, thoroughly tested them and gave the best ones in their opinion an award:
The Categories:
The editors choices for the best astronomy binoculars for 2015 have been published.
The Categories:
The winners of the Best Binocular Reviews Annual Binocular Awards have just been announced. To take a look at the very best binoculars that I had the joy of testing this year take click here: 2014 BBR Awards.
The Categories:
Voted for by the public as well as industry experts, Optics planet have revealed the winners of their Brilliance awards for 2014. These awards cover a whole host of products like rifle scopes, trail cameras, gun accessories, night vision, as well as binoculars.
The Binocular Specific Categories:
View the Winners: 2014 OpticsPlanet Brilliance Awards
I announced this years winners of the Best Binocular Reviews Annual Binocular Awards a little later than usual as I had a few more binoculars that I had to review a little later on than usual and want to make sure that they were also given the chace to win. To see who did win in a range of categories: 2013 BBR Awards.
This Years Categories:
July 2013 - Binocular.com's Binocular of the year awards announced for 2013The winners of this years Binoculars.com Binocular of the Year Awards have just been announced.
Take a look at their choices and my comments on their choices of the best binoculars in a wide range of categories that includes best overall binocular, best birding, best hunting, Astronomy and best compact:
21/09/2012 - This years winners of the Best Binocular Reviews Annual Binocular Awards have just been announced. Take a look at the very best binoculars that I reviewed this year: 2012 Best Binocular Reviews Awards.
This Years Categories:
2012 Best Binocular Reviews Award Winners
24/07/2012 - One of the most respected authorities on all things to do with birding, Bird Watcher's Digest recently rated and ranked some of the best Premium 8x42 Binoculars.
05/06/2012 - The winners of the Binoculars.com Binocular of the Year Awards have just been announced. Take a look at their choices of the best binoculars in a range of categories: 2012 Binoculars.com Binocular of the Year Awards.
06/10/2011 - This years winners of the Best Binocular Reviews Annual Binocular Awards have just been announced. Take a look at the very best binoculars that I reviewed this year: 2011 Best Binocular Reviews Awards.
This years awards are going to be more comprehensive than ever with far more categories and contenders. But unlike the awards on Binoculars.com that come out early in the year, the winners of the annual awards on this website get chosen towards the end of the year. I do this to ensure that I have had enough time to personally review as many pairs of optics as possible. I hope to have this years winners announced at the end of November 2011.
To be eligible for an award, I have to have personally reviewed the binocular and just like all my reviews, the awards are in no way influenced by any manufacturer. They are purely based on my experience with the binocular during the review. These awards are also not just handed out to any binocular - for them to win an award, the binocular has to have really impressed me in that particular category. In this way you can be sure that the binoculars that win an award in a particular category are really excellent in that field.
This Years Categories:
Calling All Manufacturers & Distributors
If you have a binocular that you think has what it takes to win an award that I have not yet reviewed, please
Contact Me as soon as possible so that we can arrange to have it reviewed.
