16x50 vs 10x50 shootout

[Richard]

Yes the bigger the better when using a mount but binos are grab and look for me , for say M45 or M31 , I can see the entire thing with low power , if I want more mag I will use a telescope , but saying all that I tried some 25-60 x200 binos amazing , never saw any that big , one could change eyepieces for higher or lower mag , the eyepieces had no brad or size on , but was told its from 25x-60x , a friend of mine that lives in quite dark skies has a pair with a home made mount its massive , Its Japan on and probably from around 1930-1940 , perhaps from some ship, wish I had taken a photo , but its 5 years ago

[Bigzmey]

With binos like with telescopes and EPs there is no one size fits all. I have started with mainstream 10x50, but than realized that 16x50 give me better views from light polluted home location. I even took it one step further and got image stabilized 15x50. IS makes huge difference in quality of viewing. After one session I was really tempted to sell all my other binos.