ZOOMIES™
WEARABLE BINOCULARS

Zoomies™ Wearable Binoculars, retail $10.00* (https://www.buyzoomies.com)
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Last updated 03-01-13





This product does not emit light and isn't an R/C vehicle or test instrument, so my standard review format will not be used and the Zoomies™ will not be assigned a rating.

Zoomies™ are a type of binoculars that you use like eyeglasses; they are touted to bring high-power magnification in a lightweight, cost-effective design -- $10 for Zoomies™ vs. $200+ for regular binocs.


* The $10.00 price netted me two pairs of Zoomies™ Wearable Binoculars, even though I had ordered just one.


Size of product w/hand to show scale SIZE



The Zoomies™ are fairly straightforward to use; just put them on as you would a pair of sunglasses, and adjust the focus with the knobs positioned near the hinge of each temple (the rod-like component of eyeglasses & sunglasses that extend from the lenses to go over your ears).

An inbuilt sun filter can be deployed if necessary; on the inside of the Zoomies™ above the lens that goes to you right eye, there's a not-so-obvious slider. Slide it in toward the center of the product to bring brownish-colored filtered lenses (replacing the colorless lenses) into use; slide it the other way to bring the colorless lenses back.



Zoomies™ Wearable Binoculars being used.
God I look like a dork with these things on!!!



Control photograph (no Zoomies™ Wearable Binoculars).



Zoomies™ in front of the camera's lens for the same pic. at the same distance.

Does that look like 3x (300%) magnification to you?

In the control photograph, the peace sign directly in front of Nikki's tail measures 15mm on my monitor; the Zoomies™ photograph shows the same peace sign measures 36mm on the same monitor.

This equates to a mag factor* of approx. 2.1x (210%).





TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on 01-15-13, and was received on the afternoon of 02-26-13.
Actually, they sent two pairs instead of the one pair that I had ordered.
A receipt was not found in the packaging materials

* This link leads to a download of the Commodore 64 computer demo named, "Mag Factor Three" that I wrote in late-1992; you may run it on your pee-cee with WinVice v1.19.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:
They look like they could be incorporated into some kind of robot/cyborg type Halloween costume (courtesy of Jimbo on the Commercials I Hate BBS)


NEUTRAL:
They make you look kinda "dorky" when worn


CONS:
The claim of "300% magnification" is a big load of horse puckey!!! Looks closer to 210%.
300% is not all that much anyway -- the TV commercial calls these, "high-powered".
Both knobs must be turned simultaneously or else the focusing mechanism will jam up


    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Wearable binoculars
    LAMP TYPE: N/A
    No. OF LAMPS: N/A
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: N/A
    CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: N/A
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: N/A
    WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance at maximum
    SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡EL CONEJITO DE PASCUA QUE SE CEPILLA LOS DIENTES CON UN CEPILLO DE DIENTES QUE CAYÓ EN EL HIGIÉNICO, NO!!!
    ACCESSORIES: 2x neck lanyards, 2x velvet-like drawstring pouches
    SIZE: 163mm W x 147mm L x 44mm T
    WEIGHT: 57.40g (2.030 oz.)
    COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Unknown
    WARRANTY: 30 days

    PRODUCT RATING:

    (Product is not a light-emitter, R/C vehicle, or test
    instrument, so a "star" rating will not be furnished.

    However, if they were a light, they'd "earn" the prestigious {cough, sputter, sound of a toliet flushing} "0 STARS! PISS ON IT!" rating!!!    )






Zoomies™ Wearable Binoculars * https://www.buyzoomies.com






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