@ David
No way do my eyes open to 7.5mm! Having just passed the big 5-0 last year, that's not surprising!
I read elsewhere about someone saying that Lidl had done a 10x50 binocular a few years ago for about 15GBP but they weren't up to much and had to be refunded.
I myself currently use what are labeled as Carl Zeiss Jena Jenoptem 10x50W binoculars. I just read your thread that you posted a couple of years back here...
http://forum.popastro.com/viewtopic.php?t=15130...about what seems to be the same model, and my experience with them echoes your first post. I can't remember how much I paid for them, bought late '80s(?), but I got them from Argos of all places! They replaced a cheap pair of 16x50 that I got who knows where back in the mists of time. Having a quick look around for reviews, and after finding the above linked thread, I found what look like similar binocs on eBay going from 150GBP upwards, and I know I paid nowhere near that for them!
As for the Bresser 8x60mm at Lidl, the photograph shows a silver looking coating with a hint of sky blue on the front lenses. I haven't been to our local Lidl store to have a look myself though, and the photo might be misleading. I don't know enough about coatings to comment on that. Do you have any thoughts?
Mark