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Experts prefer Celestron SkyMaster Giant over Celestron 71008 SkyMaster
On 9 Apr 2024 (17 days ago) we went through 84 Binoculars expert endorsements .
Currently, Celestron SkyMaster Giant received 2 endorsements from Digital Camera World (4 Feb 2024) and BestReviews (1 Jan 2024). Meanwhile, Celestron 71008 SkyMaster did not receive any endorsements this month.
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Endorsement summary:
- On 4 Feb 2024
Digital Camera World ranked Celestron SkyMaster Giant as #8 Rank Binoculars Comment ... ... ... #8 out of 10 Celestron SkyMaster Giant Best for astronomy... ... ... Source: www.digitalcameraworld.com - On 1 Jan 2024
BestReviews ranked Celestron SkyMaster Giant as #2 Rank Binoculars Comment ... ... ... #2 out of 5 Celestron SkyMaster Giant Best Bang for the Buck... ... ... Source: bestreviews.com
Celestron SkyMaster Giant 
Celestron 71008 SkyMaster Customers like Celestron SkyMaster Giant somewhat more
At ReviewFinder we prefer to focus on professional product reviews, because customer reviews can be disproportionately affected by unrelated factors such as delivery, specific seller listing problems, and, of course, fake reviews. With that said, below is the summary of consumer sentiment.
Celestron 71008 SkyMaster
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
Celestron SkyMaster Giant, the pricier option, tends to get more favorable reviews than Celestron 71008 SkyMaster.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling binoculars receives a consumer score of 9.1 (great). Both Celestron SkyMaster Giant and Celestron 71008 SkyMaster receive customer reviews that average out below that median threshold.
| Celestron SkyMaster Giant |
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Celestron SkyMaster Giant ranks #60 out of 94. Very high levels of customer satisfaction. Go to rankings 8.6 Great
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| Celestron 71008 SkyMaster |
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Celestron 71008 SkyMaster ranks #76 out of 94. Very high levels of customer satisfaction. Go to rankings 8.0 Great
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| Median best-selling Binoculars |
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9.1 Great
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Celestron 71008 SkyMaster is more popular than Celestron SkyMaster Giant
It's fairly safe to say that Celestron 71008 SkyMaster are more popular binoculars than Celestron SkyMaster Giant, based on their 7,000+ reviews. Popularity is determined based on product sales. Note that older and cheaper products tend to sell more.
To consider
| Table: Top compared alternatives for Celestron SkyMaster Giant and 71008 SkyMaster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Celestron Outland X | $100 |
In comparison:
8.6 Great
| 3 expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
 | Nikon Prostaff P3 | $137 |
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9.5 Amazing
| 3 expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
 | Bushnell Waterproof 150142 | $119 |
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Bushnell Waterproof 150142 ranks #23 out of 94. Very high levels of customer satisfaction. Go to rankings 9.6 Amazing
| No expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
 | Nikon Prostaff 3S | $115 |
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9.2 Amazing
| No expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
| Rank | Change | Price | Binoculars | money.com  | OpticsMag  | T3  | Digital Camera World | Task and Purpose  | GearJunkie  | Space Exploration and Astronomy  | BestReviews | Wirecutter  | Forbes  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | $203 |  Celestron Nature DX ED | - | - | 1 | 1 |
- | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| 2 | - | $156 |  Nikon Aculon A211 | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 4 | - | - |
| 3 | - | $416 |  Vortex Optics Viper HD | 2 | 1 | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 4 | - | $1499 |  Canon 10x42 L | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
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Expert reviews [9]
- with a score: 5
- without a score: 4
| Highest score by moonandback.com | 86 |
| Average score based on 9 reviews | 81 |
| Lowest score by OutdoorGearLab | 78 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
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Celestron SkyMaster Giant are a very popular and one of the less expensive options. They're in the top 3 bestselling binoculars and have dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Nightfox 110R or Celestron Outland X .
Celestron SkyMaster Giant are $97.76 less expensive than average binoculars ($198.48).
Celestron 71008 SkyMaster are a very popular option on the lower end of the price range. They're in the top 3 bestselling binoculars and have dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Celestron Outland X or Nightfox 110R .
Celestron 71008 SkyMaster are $105.83 cheaper than the average binoculars ($198.48).
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