Kowa has been around for a long time, as the company began their production of sport optics in 1952, with spotting scopes. Kowa is a Japanese company, focused on environmental safety and energy conservation when producing its range of commodities. The company offers a range of binoculars, spotting scopes, equipment for digiscoping, as well as some other optical products.
Kowa BD II XD 8x42 is a part of the so-called wide-angle XD lens series. The model was introduced in 2019, but it hit the market in 2020. Kowa BD II is dressed in a green-coloured rubber that is wrapped around magnesium housing thus they feel reliable and able to withstand harsh conditions. BD II XD 8x42 are all-round binoculars great for hunting, birdwatching, observing wildlife, and astronomy purposes.
Magnesium body
Rubber armouring
Kowa XD (high-grade ED) lens
Waterproof
Fog-proof
Central focusing wheel
Kowa BD II are binoculars that feature Schmidt Pechan roof prisms, along with Kowa’s KR coating that protects the binoculars from foreign residue on the lenses. The 8x42 model provides the user with sharp images with vivid and full-of-contrast colours. The field of view is 143 m / 1000 m, and the close focus distance is 1.8 m, which means the user can observe faraway objects, as well as those that are positioned closer.
Kowa BD II XD 8x42 binoculars come with a 10-year warranty.