Anyone can recommend Binoculars for Hiking from Chinese websites? Looking for something affordable 15-30$ and highly portable.
Thanks
Not from Chinese websites but I have been pleased with my Nikon Travelite binocs. The are 7x32 I believe and very light and compact but still have good clear optics. I have had a lot of cheap optics and can say for certain you get what what you pay for.
There are no good $15-30 binocs that I know of and all I have seen were a waste of money. I’m not saying you have to spend $300+ but $15-30 is amprice range that will only buy junk that will not make anyone happy. $50-100 can get you decent binocs and will be money well spent.
Having spent quite a lot of time researching the subject I went for some Vortex Vanquish 8x26 ones. They cost me around $140 equivalent, but as this tech doesn’t really get outdated like LEDs I thought that it’s probably best to buy a pretty good pair once at good value than a sequence of cheap ones which no-where near as high quality. The unconditional lifetime warranty is worth even more for something like binoculars than flashlights for the same reasons.
You really can’t go cheap on optics without a serious cut in quality. Also, for optics quality isn’t just durability and feel etc, it is one and the same with actual real-world performance. The image quality itself is what you are paying for.
If you don’t need them right away, keep your eyes peeled for sales. I just bought a new set of 8x32 Bushnell Trophys for $40(street price $80-100).
A while ago I bought these from dinodirect. Are they great? Nope. Good? Not really. But they do work and they are 1000 times better than having nothing. I keep them in my car - very handy. I wouldn’t in a million years use them for extended use, but for a quick look they are adequate.
Cannon image stabilized binoculars. Pricey, but once you use stabilized binos, you won’t go back to shake, rattle, and roll models. Plus you can use much high power ones.
Not Chinese, but…
I’d go with something like the Olympus 8x25 WPII.
“Waterproof / Fogproof / Dirtproof
Premium optical performance
Wide-angle field of view”
I have carried the larger compact version on many trips and they’ve done a great job.
Why not get a higher optical zoom digital camera? Can even take pictures with them.
Thank you all for your inputs. Olympus 8x25 WP II looks like a winner. 
Those look like a good deal at $66. They’re over $100 equivalent in the UK though…