I ordered these at the direction of my wife. She has developed an interest in bird watching and the greater outdoors. Who knows, this could lead to a new joint endevor. By the way, I actually ordered 2 at the same time. Additionally, I ordered a much physically smaller set of binoculaors for our granddaughter. The 3 of us are going on vacation together. I liked the reviews of the Bushnell Falcon series of binoculars. There are well made and I love the optics. They included eye caps, a nech lanyard and a nice nylon carrying case with strap.