Accidentally dropped Bushnell Legacy WP 10 X 50 binoculars. Now they have a double image. Is this something that will need professional repair?

Although It may not appear to have prisms because of the sleek barrels, they do infact have roof prisms in them. Most likely one of the prisms is out of position. Bushnell typically has a great warranty so contacting them to have them repair it would be my recommendation. Here is there service group link: Bushnell Repair Services. If you need additional guidance do not hesitate to contact the folks at RCS Optics

this is a common proplem with binoculars that have been dropped. needs to be taken apart and realigned. trouble is some binos today are not worth the time or cost to repair if they were made in china, more of a toy...to realign would cost you at least $35 plus shipping..if i can help further? [email protected]

Contact Bushnell, who was the manufacturer of Bausch and Lomb binoculars. They can service them for you.
Contact number for Bushnell is 800-423-3537.

Ben Lizdas
Sales Manager
Eagle Optics
www.eagleoptics.com

http://bushnell.com/manuals/binoculars/ImageView111026_11027_6LIM_web.pdf

The yoke which connects the eyepieces and keeps them aligned as the focus changes is damaged. If you can easily move one eyepiece back and forth with respect to the other then the yoke has broken, if not then it's bent, probably cracked and waiting to break.This is easily the most common fault on most binoculars, and it's always uneconomic to repair on budget brands such as Bushnell.

If bent, the yoke *might* be able to be straightened, but it will be weakened and the alignment afterwards will rarely be spot-on. If broken, then the yoke must be replaced professionally but the repair will cost more than replacing the binoculars with new. In any case, it's unlikely that Bushnell even list the spare part for it. The break cannot be simply glued: the contact area is too small to carry the loads it has to carry, and you also usually find that the yoke bent before breaking anyway so you then have all the same problems as you do with a bent yoke.

The fragile nature of the yoke is why binoculars must always be inserted into their case with the objective lenses facing down; this avoids shock loads on the delicate yoke assembly.

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The binoculars need collimation. The two sides are supposed to be parallel, if they are not you see two heads on horses, two footballs, two baseball bats etc. Check the binoculars for any external signs of damage. Are the front housings sitting properly in the body, is one of them not straight? If there is no obvious signs then you will need to take them to someone who can rebuild them for you. Usually the place where you bought them should be able to help you with a repair centre.

Try grabbing the binoculars in both hands and twisting the body in the opposite direction of the double vision until the images coincide.

Your binoculars are out of collimation. That means that the optical path needs to be aligned. Binoculars are designed so that the focus point of each barrel is the same over long and as short as possible distances. Binoculars that are properly aligned will still show a double image if you attempt to focus at something close that is too close for the models design. However this is not the same for long distances. The image at a long distance must not be doubled.

If they are under warranty and you haven't damaged them by dropping etc send them for repair to the manufacturer or ask the retailer where to send them.

If you are going to pay to have them fixed get a quote first. Binoculars that are of the zoom variety are not well thought of among binocular officionados as the quality of image degrades at higher magnification. For the price of repair you may be able to source a higher quality non zoom binocular.

http://bushnell.com/manuals/binoculars/StableView_181035.pdf

they have to be aligned if you want mail them to me for an [email protected]