A revolutionary new way to use giant binoculars

Giant binoculars provide wonderful views, especially for astronomy, but are too heavy to hand-hold for any length of time. Binocular supports have been around for many years, but do not provide the freedom of small hand-held binoculars.

With Binofloat, you have complete freedom to move the binoculars in three dimensions. The weight of the binoculars is completely canceled. Just aim them at your target, let go, and they stay in place.

The Binofloat frame has a counterweight that moves exactly opposite to the binoculars, so the whole assembly remains perfectly balanced in any position. It employs a parallelogram framework, but in a different way from other parallelogram supports. Other parallelograms only allow movement in two dimensions (up/down, left/right). Binofloat also moves the counterweight forward and back from the observer.

Binofloat works with any size of binoculars weighing up to 12 pounds. Your binoculars must be equipped with a standard 1/4-20 threaded mounting bracket, such as an "L" bracket or sliding post. Binofloat is intended for use with "straight-through" eyepieces, not angled eyepieces which might be awkward to use.

For astronomy, Binofloat is best used in a reclining chair as pictured above. You can also use a straight chair or stool, standing up, or lying on the ground.

Yes, a sturdy pier-type mount is included.  The height of the Pier is adjustable to accommodate different observing positions. 

Binofloat is not intended to be rigid like a telescope mount. Instead, the binoculars "float" in perfect balance wherever they are pointed. If you bump the binoculars, they jump to a new position and stay there. There are locking knobs on all axes so you can lock the binoculars in position if you want.

Binofloat is made almost entirely of "mill-finish" aluminum. It is not anodized or coated. This means that there are many small scratches which have no effect on performance. It's not particularly beautiful, except in the way it works! All fasteners are stainless steel.

Binofloat comes apart into four pieces: the Pier, the Parallelogram, the Binocular Frame, and the Counterweight. When folded, the Pier and Parallelogram are approximately 28 inches long and 6 inches wide. The Binocular Frame is about 18 inches long and 10 inches wide. The Counterweights are 6 inches long and wide. The Pier and Parallelogram weigh about 6 pounds each, the Binocular Frame 3 pounds. You adjust the Counterweight to whatever it takes to balance your binoculars, up to 15 pounds.

Many telescope mounts have a sliding counterweight by which you can precisely balance the scope. A sliding counterweight won't work on Binofloat because there is only one point on the parallelogram where the weight exactly balances the binoculars in all positions. Instead, you use a combination of large and small weights to achieve balance.

The first time you use Binofloat with a particular pair of binoculars, it will take a few minutes to get them balanced in the Binocular Frame, and a few more to find the right combination of counterweights. After that, you just assemble the three parts of the framework, attach the binoculars, and attach the counterweights.

We do not sell carrying cases, but there are several telescope carrying bags that approximate the shipping box interior dimensions of 30" by 14" by 10". A bowling ball bag makes a convenient carrying case for the counterweights.