Win Steiner 7x50 Marine Binoculars

Sailing World are giving you the chance to win a fantastic pair of Steiner Binoculars, the Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro C Marine Binoculars. All you have to do is register on their website and submit your best sailing photos onto their photo gallery, the competition is open until September 21, 2009. To Enter, follow this link to the competition.

If you Cannot wait until September:
These are a very popular set of marine binoculars, used for sailing as well as motorised boating. As such they deliver everything you would expect from a binocular that is surrounded by water:

• Waterproof
• Integrated range finder
• Built in Stabilized Compass
• Focus free binoculars (Self Focusing Binoculars)
• Anti glare and haze optics

I have written about these Steiner's before:

For full Binocular review as well as price comparison, see my article on the Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro C Marine Binoculars as well as another article on this blog: Steiner 7x50 marine binoculars

Or take a look at my guide to the Marine Binocular.

Birdwatching Binoculars: Steiner 8x42 Merlin Binoculars

If you are looking for an excellent pair of birding binoculars as well as a good nature and wildlife viewing binocular, you will not go far wrong with a set of Steiner 8x42 Merlin Binoculars.

The range of Steiner Merlin binoculars were designed with help from experts from the American Birding Association as well as Steiner Optics’ championship birding team and include important bird watching features like a lightweight body, an excellent 342 feet at 1,000 yards field of view important for not loosing fast moving birds. A large 42mm objective lens giving you an very good exit pupil rating of 5.3 (meaning that they will let in loads of light even in poorly lighted areas like woods and forests.) They are waterproof and have a rugged tough body that is both comfortable and long lasting and come in a brown colour that has been specially designed to be the least noticeable to birds, so as not to frighten skittish species away with a sudden flash of colour.

So for these and many other features that you come to expect from quality Steiner optics, I believe that the 8x42 Merlin Binoculars from Steiner make excellent bird watching binoculars as well as fantastic binoculars for Safaris.

Check out my full review of the Steiner 8x42 Merlin Binoculars including where to buy and price comparison details for these excellent mid priced binoculars from Steiner.

Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro C Marine Binoculars

The Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro C Marine Binoculars are waterproof, have anti glare and haze optics, come with an integrated range finder and stabilized compass, are lightweight and compact, making them ideal for any small marine vessel.


The Navigator Pros have Steiner's Sports Auto Focus system which are basically focus free binoculars or self focusing binoculars that keep all objects in focus from about 20 yards to infinity this allows you to locate navigational marks that much quicker.

So to summarise, The Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro are a great pair of binoculars for most marine vessels including sport fishing boats, smaller fresh water boats, coastal yachts and powerboats that have need for a navigational compass and range finder for locating fishing hotspots, racing or general marine navigation.

For full Binocular review as well as price comparison, see my article on the Steiner 7x30 Navigator Pro C Marine Binoculars or take a look at my guide to the Marine Binocular.