Kite Optics MONO ED 8x42 Monocular

If one eye does all your seeing, a binocular's second barrel is weight you never use. The Kite Optics MONO ED is made for people with poor vision in one eye, and the 8x42 puts ED glass, a 5.25 mm exit pupil and 90% light transmission into a 305 g monocular.

Key Features

• An 8.1° field. 142 m per 1,000 m (426 ft at 1,000 yd), wide enough to follow a bird as it moves.
• 17 mm of eye relief and 90% light transmission.
• ED glass. Extra-low dispersion glass for clarity and fine detail.
• Close focus at 1.45 m (4.8 ft). Near enough for a butterfly or a flower head.
• Adjustable eyecup. It twists up for viewing without glasses and down for viewing with them.
• IPX7 waterproof and gas-filled.
• Compact. 140 x 55 mm and 305 g.

Ideal For

• Birders with sight in one eye, who get 42 mm optics without a second barrel.
• Walkers and travellers who want full-size optics in a 305 g monocular.
• Dawn and dusk, when the 5.25 mm exit pupil and 90% transmission keep the image bright.
• Comparing: the MONO ED 10x42 gives 10x reach with a 6.5° field; the MONO 8x30 is lighter at 247 g.