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Bresser Wave 10x50 (1331050) review

A waterproof, gas-filled 10x50 with BaK-4 glass, UR coating, twist-up eyecups and a metal centre focuser, published with its weight and dimensions.

The bottom line The best-sealed 10x50 here and the heaviest — a pair built for weather rather than for long hand-held sessions.

Built for the cold and the wet

Waterproof, gas-filled against internal fogging, with a metal centre focus mechanism. Those three together describe a binocular meant to be taken outside on the kind of night that ends other pairs — which, in astronomy, is most of them between October and March.

The figures the maker publishes

Seven hundred and fifty-eight grams, and 170 × 135 × 63 mm. Both are real specifications and both point the same way: this is a substantial instrument, and a chair or a tripod adapter will extend how long it can be used.

Eyecups and the spectacle question

Twist-up eyecups with dioptre compensation, and the maker specifies long-eye-relief eyepieces. For a spectacle wearer that combination is what decides whether the whole field is visible or only the middle of it.

The coating name without a number

UR coating is named and not explained. Full multi-coating, which is also claimed, is a label that does mean something: every air-to-glass surface carries several layers. The two claims are different in kind, and only one of them can be compared with another maker’s.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 136 € to 197 € on the day of the survey.

American and British Amazon stores list it in local currency, which the euro range above sets aside.

Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it publishes, and what it withholds

Strengths

  • Waterproofing and gas filling are both stated, which matters for cold-night use
  • A metal centre focuser holds its setting better than a plastic one over time
  • Twist-up eyecups set a repeatable eye position for spectacle wearers

Compromises

  • At 758 g it is the heaviest pair on this shelf
  • The UR coating is named but never described or quantified
  • No field of view figure is published

Specifications

Aperture50 mm
Magnification10x, fixed by the design
Exit pupil5 mm — 50 divided by 10
True field of viewNot published by the maker.
Prism type and coatingsBaK-4 glass, full multi-coating plus the maker’s UR coating
Eye reliefTwist-up eyecups, dioptre compensation, metal centre focuser
Close focusNot published by the maker.
Weight758 g, as the maker publishes it
Tripod mountingNot published by the maker.
Supplied accessoriesStrap, case, protective caps
Amazon referenceB09C2K417R (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4007922070797

What observers ask about this one

Why does gas filling matter for astronomy?

A binocular taken from a warm house into cold air will fog internally if there is moist air inside it. A dry gas filling removes the moisture, so only the outer surfaces dew — and those can be wiped.

What is UR coating?

It is Bresser’s own coating name, given here without a description or a transmission figure. This page reports the name because the maker publishes it and does not attach a performance claim to it.