Bushnell Engage Series Binoculars

A new series from the outdoor giants, the range of Bushnell Engage binoculars come in 8x42, 10x42, 10x50 and 12x50 configurations and I have to say they do look impressive when you take a close look at their main features and specifications:

Body Features

The fully water and fog proof chassis on all the Bushnell binoculars within the Engage series are made from magnesium alloy, which along with their lockable diopter rings are both good indicators of quality.

Optical Highlights

All Bushnell Engage Binoculars are fully multi-coated as you would expect at this price. They also utilize ED glass elements within their lenses and I like that they have tough water and oil repellent coatings on the exterior lens surfaces.

These not only protect the lenses from scratching but as less dirt and water marks collect on the lenses, it should mean that you have to clean them far less often, which is always a good thing.

The Bak-4 Roof Prisms are phase corrected, which is also good, but I would be surprised at this price level to discover that they were not.

Bushnell does not let on as to what reflective coatings they use on the roof prisms. I hope that it is dielectric, which would keep them in-line with the other leaders at this price level.