What Binoculars?

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 9:28 am

I was curious to hear some advice about what type of binoculars I should look into. My family is starting backyard bird watching, so it would be used to watch them up closer, and possibly just around the neighborhood. We shouldn't be doing any major adventuristic type of activities such as hiking or whatnot. I noticed the most common is around 8x25, but was worred the 8 magnification would be too much for just our small back yard...should I look at more of a 4x? Also for the second number (what ever it is Buy Drugs Without Prescription called), should I stick with one around 25...or would a higher field view be better for my purpose? Remember, it is just for our backyard viewing, and maybe in the neighborhood when I take the girls to the park...things like that. Thanks in advance!