Steiner Tactical T824 8x24 Binoculars

The compact you actually carry beats the full-size you left behind. Steiner built the Tactical T824 for the patrol officer or backcountry hunter who has to keep glass on their body all day: at just 12 ounces and barely wider than a folded map, it rides in a chest rig, cargo pocket, or pack lid and stays out of the way until you raise it. The 8x24 format trades objective size for portability by design, giving you combat-ready optics in a package you stop noticing you are wearing.

Inside the folding double-hinge body is Steiner's High-Definition Tactical optical system, built around index-matched glass and advanced coatings for high-contrast, neutral-color images. NBR Long Life rubber armor absorbs knocks and holds grip in gloves or rain, and the sealed housing is pressurized with dry nitrogen so the view stays fog-free from desert heat to arctic cold.

A center Fast-Close-Focus wheel needs only a fraction of a turn to pull focus from six feet to the horizon, and Steiner's ClicLoc mount lets you attach or release the strap or harness with one button so the binocular always hangs straight and action-ready.

Key Features

• 12 oz all-day carry. A folding double-hinge chassis packs down to pocket size without a case.
• High-Definition Tactical optics. Index-matched glass and advanced coatings deliver high-contrast clarity and true color.
• Fast-Close-Focus. A center wheel pulls sharp focus from 6 ft to infinity with minimal rotation.
• Sealed and nitrogen-filled. Waterproof to 1 m and fogproof across wide temperature swings.
• ClicLoc strap mount. One-button attach and release keeps the strap tangle-free and the binocular ready.

Ideal For

• Patrol and duty carry where every ounce on the vest counts and the glass has to be daylight-ready in a heartbeat.
• Backcountry hunters and hikers who count grams and want optics that survive being sat on and stuffed in a pack.
• Daytime glassing first: the 3 mm exit pupil is tuned for bright light, so for dawn, dusk, and low-light work step up to the Steiner Tactical T1042 10x42 or the low-light T750 7x50.
• Shooters wanting more reach in the same footprint can compare the T1028 10x28, which pushes magnification to 10x in a nearly identical 12.7 oz frame.