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Brand	Carson
Model name	CloseUp Monocular
Eyepiece lens description	Fully Coated
Objective lens diameter	18 millimeters
Product Dimensions	35D x 13W x 13H millimeters
Focus type	Manual Focus
Finderscope	Reflex
Item weight	45 g
Lens coating description	Fully Coated
Exit pupil	3 millimeters

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Close focus monocular that can be used for long distance or close focus viewing | Close Focus feature works up to 10 inches away from your subject
Magnification: 6x Power | Objective Lens Diameter: 18mm | Field of View: 427 feet at 1,000 yards
Extremely Compact and Lightweight Design | Weight: 2.8 ounces
Great monocular for low vision reading, sight seeing, travel, surveillance, nature viewing, bird watching, hunting and so much more
Included Accessories: Soft Pouch, Wrist Strap and Lens Cloth | Backed by Carson's Limited Lifetime Warranty

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Product Dimensions	‎7.62 x 2.79 x 3.3 cm; 45.36 g
Item model number	‎CF-618
Is discontinued by manufacturer	‎No
Action	‎add
Colour	‎Gray
Size	‎7 x 18mm
Style	‎CloseUp (CF-618)
Height	‎3.3 Centimetres
Length	‎6.6 Centimetres
Weight	‎45 g
Width	‎2.8 Centimetres
Material	‎Blend
Number of Items	‎1
Number of Pieces	‎4
Sport	‎Hunting
Included Components	‎Soft Pouch, Wrist Strap and Lens Cloth
Batteries Included?	‎No
Brand	‎Carson
Item Weight	‎45.4 g

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ASIN	B0010KZJXC
Customer Reviews	805 ratings 4.1 out of 5 stars
�鶹�� Rank	#40,654 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #73 in Monoculars
Date First Available	June 14 2010
Manufacturer	Carson Optical
Place of Business	RONKONKOMA, NY, 11779 US

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Dual Purpose Close Focus Monocular

The CloseUp monocular from Carson offers all the benefits of standard 6x power monocular plus an extreme close focus of only 10 inches. You'll be able to view details of faraway objects as well as objects directly in front of you. Turn the focusing barrel all the way in for long distance viewing. To examine closer objects, hold the monocular roughly 10 inches from your subject and turn the focusing barrel all the way out until your subject comes into focus.

Compact and Lightweight Design

Weighing less than 3 ounces, the CloseUp monocular is extremely compact and lightweight allowing you to take it with you almost anywhere.

Great Monocular for Multiple Hobbies and Low Vision Tasks

The CloseUp Monocular is perfect for a multitude of hobbies and tasks including low vision reading, sight-seeing, travel, camping, hiking, sporting events, concerts, surveillance, nature viewing, bird watching, hunting and so much more.

Backed by Carson's Limited Lifetime Warranty

At Carson, we strive to make sure our customers are 100% satisfied with the quality of our optics. We are so confident in our optics that we back them with a Lifetime Limited Warranty! Carson will repair or replace your monocular if it is found to have manufacturing defects in materials or workmanship. Please contact Carson for additional warranty details.

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Customers like the focusing range, compactness, and build quality of the telescope. They mention it's the best design for close and far focus, and the best weight to visual effect ratio they've seen. Customers also appreciate the brightness and portability. However, some customers dislike the focus and disagree on the adjustability.

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9 customers mention "Focusing range"9 positive0 negative

Customers like the focusing range of the telescope. They mention it's the best design for close and far focus, and can clearly see each pixel when both projector and monocular are in focus. Customers also say it's easy to adjust and used to check focus of projectors, typically from 15-20 feet / 5-6 metres.

"The close focus (10 inches) makes it very handy for birdwatching or art galleries (as other reviews have said)...." Read more

"This little monocular sight is impressive. Excellent optics, very clear image...." Read more

"Nice monocular for close up observations, very clear and easy to adjust." Read more

"Seems very well made, particularly the smooth focus mechanism. Bright and clear. Smaller than I thought, easily fits in shirt pocket...." Read more

7 customers mention "Compact"7 positive0 negative

Customers like the compact size of the telescope. They mention it's perfect, lightweight, and has the best weight to visual effect ratio they've seen. Customers also mention the folding magnifiers are smaller and lighter and don't require focusing.

"...Possible to focus with one hand, but requires some dexterity. Super small and light, will be handy on the golf course...." Read more

"...Bright and clear. Smaller than I thought, easily fits in shirt pocket. Used to check focus of projectors, typically from 15-20 feet / 5-6 metres...." Read more

"Perfectly fine product, nice and light weight. We find the mono factor of this unit makes it much harder to use than a binocular...." Read more

"Incredibly light and compact, very good to have if packing light...." Read more

6 customers mention "Build quality"6 positive0 negative

Customers like the build quality of the telescope. They mention it's perfectly fine, nice, and lightweight.

"Seems very well made, particularly the smooth focus mechanism. Bright and clear. Smaller than I thought, easily fits in shirt pocket...." Read more

"Perfectly fine product, nice and light weight. We find the mono factor of this unit makes it much harder to use than a binocular...." Read more

"...pouch and microfiber (both of mediocre quality) but nice bonus to a good product." Read more

"Oh my god. This is a beast! It is so much smaller and stronger than I expected. Super great quality build. Highly recommend." Read more

4 customers mention "Appearance"4 positive0 negative

Customers like the appearance of the telescope. They mention it's nice, lightweight, and an amazing little gem of a viewer. They also say the text is clear and crisp with good contrast. Some say it's a neat idea.

"Perfectly fine product, nice and light weight. We find the mono factor of this unit makes it much harder to use than a binocular...." Read more

"These are a neat idea but didn't work for me. Due to the lens quality I felt like I could see things better with my naked eye than through this...." Read more

"...Text is clear and crisp with good contrast. Best solution I have found so far" Read more

"Amazing little gem of a viewer...." Read more

3 customers mention "Brightness"3 positive0 negative

Customers like the brightness of the telescope. They mention it's incredibly light and compact.

"...Very good in low light, and the macro ability to focus to 10 inches makes this unit very versatile...." Read more

"Seems very well made, particularly the smooth focus mechanism. Bright and clear. Smaller than I thought, easily fits in shirt pocket...." Read more

"Incredibly light and compact, very good to have if packing light...." Read more

3 customers mention "Portability"3 positive0 negative

Customers like the portability of the telescope. They mention it's very handy for birdwatching or art galleries. Some say it will be handy on the golf course and a must-have for serious art lovers.

"...Super small and light, will be handy on the golf course. A sealed tube case would be an improvement, to allow safe pocket storage...." Read more

"The close focus (10 inches) makes it very handy for birdwatching or art galleries (as other reviews have said)...." Read more

"A Must-Have for Serious Art Lovers..." Read more

4 customers mention "Adjustability"2 positive2 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the adjustability of the telescope. Some mention it's easy to adjust, while others say it's much harder to use than a binocular and requires some dexterity to focus with one hand.

"Nice monocular for close up observations, very clear and easy to adjust." Read more

"...Possible to focus with one hand, but requires some dexterity. Super small and light, will be handy on the golf course...." Read more

"...The focus can be a little sensitive, but it's easy to adjust, so no problem there...." Read more

"...We find the mono factor of this unit makes it much harder to use than a binocular...." Read more

3 customers mention "Focus"0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the focus of the telescope. They mention it's too shaky, hard to focus, and starts going out of focus again.

"...It does exactly what I need it to do. The focus can be a little sensitive, but it's easy to adjust, so no problem there...." Read more

"...it gets to that point where it's almost focused, and it starts going out-of-focus again. This is at any distance, close up or far away...." Read more

"too shaky. hard to focus. very potable thogh." Read more

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J Ross
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Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2022
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This little monocular sight is impressive. Excellent optics, very clear image. Magnification is just right, any stronger and image shake would prevent clarity. Very good in low light, and the macro ability to focus to 10 inches makes this unit very versatile. Possible to focus with one hand, but requires some dexterity. Super small and light, will be handy on the golf course. A sealed tube case would be an improvement, to allow safe pocket storage. Think I'll buy another!

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Jacqueline Schwartz
Good product
Reviewed in Canada on October 28, 2017
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Nice monocular for close up observations, very clear and easy to adjust.

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Ken Hamer
Exactly as advertised
Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2019
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Seems very well made, particularly the smooth focus mechanism. Bright and clear. Smaller than I thought, easily fits in shirt pocket. Used to check focus of projectors, typically from 15-20 feet / 5-6 metres. Can clearly see each pixel when both projector and monocular are in focus.

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Awey
Perfectly good product...hard to use
Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2018
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Perfectly fine product, nice and light weight. We find the mono factor of this unit makes it much harder to use than a binocular. It did say that in the research I did on the internet in various places and they were right. Hopefully we will get used to it in time.

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Patrick R McFadyen
but it's easy to adjust
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2014
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I use this for work while reading gas meters. It does exactly what I need it to do. The focus can be a little sensitive, but it's easy to adjust, so no problem there. The belt pouch is very handy and it's saving me a considerable amount of time being able to read over/between fences. It is prone to fogging if you keep it in your pocket, but for the price, this is an extremely good device.

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CIAN
As advertised
Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2020
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Incredibly light and compact, very good to have if packing light. Zoom won't let you pick out eagles, but will help clear up hard to make out details on a sign across a road or river. Even came with a pouch and microfiber (both of mediocre quality) but nice bonus to a good product.

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Atlantic
Yes, it was cheap, but it should at least be clear.
Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2014
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I bought this as a test unit for doing preventive maintenance at work; we often can't get close enough to operating machinery to see close up detail when looking for problems. A close focus monocular seemed like the ticket, and probably is, just not this one. When you focus it, it gets to that point where it's almost focused, and it starts going out-of-focus again. This is at any distance, close up or far away. Several co-workers tried it with the same result. I wasn't expecting great light gathering or lens quality, but it should be capable of providing a somewhat clear image.
It was only $30 delivered, and lost the receipt before I got to try it, and didn't feel it was worth the effort to return it. Maybe someone can take it camping and use it to start fires in sunlight.

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not happy
Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2019
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too shaky. hard to focus.
very potable thogh.

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Eddie
Great product - exactly as advertised.
Reviewed in Australia on August 22, 2019
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I use this monocular to look at close objects, within two meters, reading numbers. It does what it says it would do. I did buy another monocular but it didn't do what was advertised. This is the real McCoy.

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DougP
Excellent!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2015
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Excellent product. Will focus down to 10 inches, so magnifies by 7 at 10 inches. Arrived very promptly. Plastic, yes but it feels sturdy. Small and light so easy to carry. Also good focusing at long range, so a versatile product that is very good value for money.

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Mark Twain9
Carson 7x18 review, by experienced optics enthusiast
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015
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I wear eye glasses and can see the full field of view with them on, though some people have more deeply recessed eyes.
I can focus it with one hand. My middle through pinky fingers hold the front barrel while my thumb and pointer turn the eye barrel. Just under 3 full turns covers the range from infinity to 10". Half a turn takes it from infinity to 6 feet. The Carson 7x18 focuses well past infinity too.

It is 2.5 inches at shortest and 3.5 inches at longest.
7x confirmed by merging images with my 7x35 binoculars.
The field of view is 400 ft, not 472 ft as advertised. The apparent field of view looks 50 degrees, not the 60 of my binoculars. I don't mind since the eye relief is so good.
The focus is smooth with good tolerances and the right amount of friction. No wiggle.
The inside is black, and the lenses are coated. Looks like quality.
The larger barrel diameter is 1 1/8 inches.
Very high depth of field far away, and very shallow depth of field up close.
1/2 turn takes you from infinity to 7 feet.

I can easily hold this very steady with one hand, but I can also hold 16x binoculars steady. I'm well practiced.

With my glasses I have a combined 20/20 vision. With my weaker eye I was just able to read a street sign two blocks away, while standing.
I'm tempted to send one to my father as a gift.

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Update:
I opened the window so I could get a truer side by side test with my binoculars. Looking through a window with a few faint water spots, they look equally sharp as my Tasco Essentials 7x35. With the window opened, I could see that there is slightly more ever so faint haze in the Carson 7x18 than in my Tascos, which had slightly less clarity than naked eye. This is easily overlooked. Imaging looking through a clean window, vs opening the window to look outside. The clean window shows a good view most would not complain about nor notice anything wrong with when looking through, but the opened window is much better. The fully coated optics are nice, but not perfect. The roof prisms scatter a bit more light than porro prisms. You have to pay more or get something less streamlined to avoid that.
Also, the center of view was sharper in the Tascos, as was the edge of view. The Tascos had a much wider field of view too. My Tascos are not as sharp as my Nikons.
You get what you pay for. But if you are not super picky, the Carson will give you a magnified view that shows much more than what your eyes can see. It is small and portable and inexpensive.
I've looked through some uncoated all plastic lens monoculars before, and the Carson is much clearer than them.

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Adori Haze
Potente y compacto
Reviewed in Mexico on April 11, 2024
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Es muy bueno, tiene buen Zoom, adjunto imagen, (Foto de la palapa) y también funciona para ver cosas más de cerca, como tipo microscopio (foto del peso) se ven un poco borrosas en las fotos, pero esto es culpa de mi pulso, la imagen del monocular es muy nítida, otra cosa no sabia usarlo muy bien, así que pensé que no servía el Zoom, no sean como yo, les explico, si quieren ver cosas de cerca, tienen que sacar todo el lente, para el Zoom lo tienen que hacer más chico , es muy compacto , puse una moneda de 10 pesos como referencia para que puedan ver el tamaño, Lo recomiendo

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Reviewed in Mexico on April 11, 2024
Es muy bueno, tiene buen Zoom, adjunto imagen, (Foto de la palapa) y también funciona para ver cosas más de cerca, como tipo microscopio (foto del peso) se ven un poco borrosas en las fotos, pero esto es culpa de mi pulso, la imagen del monocular es muy nítida, otra cosa no sabia usarlo muy bien, así que pensé que no servía el Zoom, no sean como yo, les explico, si quieren ver cosas de cerca, tienen que sacar todo el lente, para el Zoom lo tienen que hacer más chico , es muy compacto , puse una moneda de 10 pesos como referencia para que puedan ver el tamaño, Lo recomiendo

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Reviewed in India on August 29, 2016
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