{"id":250,"date":"2019-11-15T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatbirdsareinmybackyard.com\/12-best-birding-binoculars-under-200-birder-selected\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T01:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:42:47","slug":"best-birding-binoculars-under-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatbirdsareinmybackyard.com\/best-birding-binoculars-under-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 12 Best Birding Binoculars for under $200"},"content":{"rendered":"

You want to purchase binoculars for bird watching but you don’t know who to trust and you have a budget in mind, well you came to the right place.<\/p>\n

This post was written and researched by a real birder–me, Greg Gillson! I’ve been birding over 45 years, sometimes with poor optics, so I know what birders need in binoculars. You can read more about me, right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you are doing your research for buying budget birding binoculars under $200 you may be led to reviews and recommendations made by people who are not birders. The reviewers tend to copy one another’s lists–even for binoculars that are less than ideal for bird watching.<\/p>\n

There was a time, not long ago, when getting decent bird watching binoculars for under $200 was not possible. There was no such thing as “best binoculars under 200 dollars.” Things have improved. But there are still a lot of cheap models out there that say<\/i> they are for birders, but they aren’t very good. The ones listed here should work well for you and yet stay in your budget.<\/p>\n

Here are my 12 choices for best bird watching binoculars under $200 for real birders–you! I’ll tell you why below. [Plus 2 bonus binoculars under $230 to consider.] First, the list.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>The best binoculars for bird watchers under $200 are these:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n