Date: 12/7/25 5:38 am From: Sophia Cox (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Monocular for birding question
Good morning, all,
Another birder recently asked my advice on whether Nocs Provisions Monoculars (https://www.nocsprovisions.com/collections/monoculars) would be good for birding. She is specifically contemplating whether to purchase the 8x32 field tube monocular or 10x32 field tube monocular (or possibly the zero tube 10x25, but my sense is that would be less useful). She already has binoculars; I think the appeal of the monocular as additional birding gear is that it takes up less room and apparently is completely waterproof. Her binoculars are 8x magnification, so my thinking was that the 10x magnification would be a better bet so that she'll have more magnification power in situations where the 8x binoculars are maybe not quite strong enough to clearly see a distant bird. But I thought I'd consult the club and see if anyone has insight. The monoculars she's considering can also be viewed here: https://www.rei.com/b/nocs-provisions/c/monoculars. Any and all opinions welcome!
