A frequently asked questions by the average American outdoors enthusiasts is, what are the best USA made binoculars brands on the market?
Buying a good pair of American made binoculars requires some level of knowledge and understanding to find your perfect binocular
A good pair of binoculars from a reputable American brand will provide you with better images than a cheaper brand of binoculars.
Our Top 5 USA Made Binoculars Brands
- Maven
- Bushnell
- Vortex Optics
- Leupold
- Burris Optics
Best American Made Binoculars Reviews 2020
1. Maven
Maven is an American company with its headquarters in Lander, which manufactures top-class binoculars, spotting scopes, and other related accessories such as bino-harnesses, cases, tripod adapters, etc.
They produce high-performance optics that beat most European brands in all aspects (quality, image sharpness, clarity, and portability). Maven supplies their binoculars direct to their customers and thousands of retail shops across America.
They also supply binocular parts and components to build your binoculars to your specifications, making Maven a stand out against other American established binocular brands.
The companies’ various models and designs are cost-effective and are shipped all around the world.
Maven’s range of binoculars includes Maven B1 Binoculars, Maven B2 Binoculars, Maven B3 Binoculars, Maven B4 Binoculars, and Maven C2 Binoculars.
2. Bushnell
From their humble beginnings, Bushnell is now among the top and most reputable binocular manufacturers globally. The company is based in Overland Park, Kansas, and was established in 1948 as a mail-order company.
It was founded with the sole intention of providing cheap, quality optical instruments for middle-class American citizens, with the strategy of importing these binoculars from Asian countries, like Japan, Hong-Kong, and Taiwan.
They produce binoculars and 15 other products, such as night vision devices, scopes, and other outdoor activities.
Bushnell provides various tactical scopes, with the most popular being the Elite, Trophy, and Legend lines.
The Elite 4200 6-24X40 won the Outdoor Life magazine’s” Editor’s Choice Award in 2007. It also won “The Best Buy Award” in 2005 and 2006 for their Browning Sports Optics and Legend binoculars, respectively. Their current line consists of Banner, Elite Tactical, Forge, Engage, Nitro, and TAC series.
Bushnell enjoys the leading market share in all the sport optics categories as its products have consistently won different awards for design and performance from prestigious organizations.
3. Vortex Optics
Vortex Optics is an American family-owned and managed manufacturer of optical instruments based in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA.
This USA based binoculars brand was created in 2004 by Daniel Hamilton but now manufactures in China, Japan, and the Philippines.
The company is one of the largest optical instruments for law enforcement agencies and outdoor recreational sports. Their range of products includes Binoculars, Monoculars, Tripods, Riflescopes, Spotting scopes, and other optical accessories.
Even though Vortex tends to focus more on binoculars used for hunting, bird watching, and nature observation, they will always have at least one binocular that will serve most people’s needs.
Vortex has more than 210 employees, with about forty staff managing the quality and customer service department. Vortex has thousands of dealers across the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Some of the most popular Vortex Binoculars include Vortex Razor Binoculars, Vortex Viper HD Binoculars, Vortex Viper HD Binoculars, Vortex Kaibab HD Binoculars, Vortex Diamondback Binoculars, Vortex Fury Binoculars, Vortex Raptor Binoculars, and the excellent Vortex Rangefinder Binoculars and Monoculars.
4.Leupold
In 1907, Leupold began a family-owned business run and managed by a brother-in-law. Since then, many more family members have continued working in this business.
Currently, the company headquarters are in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. Over the last ten decades, Leupold Optics has been machining, designing, and assembling many different optical instruments.
They design and manufacture binoculars, spotting scopes, red dot sights, and telescopic sights. Leupold binoculars and scopes are some of the finest in the optical industry.
The Wind-River binoculars series from Leupold came about in 1994. These improved and upgraded binoculars are great for nature watching and the outdoors.
The Wind-River binoculars series now has the brand name the Leupold Green Ring binoculars series from 2001 to this date. Many binoculars lie within the Wind River/Green Ring Series, and these binoculars come in various configurations. Among these include Olympic, Yosemite, Mesa, Katmai, Acadia, Mojave, and Pinnacles binoculars.
5. Burris Optics
The ultimate in quality optics, Burris optics, was founded over 47 years ago in 1971. It maintains the highest standards for supplying quality optical instruments.
With their headquarters in Greeley, Colorado, Burris optics offers a complete line of high-quality optics, including riflescopes, sights, binoculars, mounts, and reticles for hunting, nature study, and law enforcement.
All binoculars from Burris optics feature fully multicoated optics, phase-coated prisms, water-repelling coatings, diopter adjustments, twist-up eyecups, and ergonomic focus. High-end Burris binoculars are waterproof, and Nitrogen purged to protect the binoculars against internal fogging.
Burris Optics is a brand that understands the needs of the American outdoor enthusiast, with American ingenuity, innovation, science, and technology. They build the best optics to give the user the confidence to hit the target at any range right on the spot.
Burris Optics uses high-grade optical glass to design the best lenses with tolerances measured in 1/10^6 of an inch. The Hi Lume multi-coatings lens maximizes light transmission, minimizes glare, and protects the lens surfaces against scratching. Burris Riflescopes and binoculars have solid one-piece 6061-T-6 aluminum. They are compact, lightweight, and designed to endure rough handling.
Note: All Burris products come with the Burris Forever Warranty, which promises to repair or replace your Burris optics.
Burris optics pride themselves on the highest quality and innovation and has proved this right from their first Ballistic Plex range-finding & trajectory compensating-reticle to the Eliminator-III LaserScope.
Conclusion
These Top 5 USA made binoculars brands deliver the highest quality of optics and customer services and better than most imported brands.
Most Americans would like these companies to make all their products from scratch in the US, but the truth is they import some parts from Asia and Europe.
M Sanford says
Vortex Binos are made in China! Just returned a pair due to paying USA pricing with China quality including the big sticker on it saying “Made in China”
Rossco says
Thanks for updating us