Binocular Accessories
Binoculars deserve better than your hands. The right accessories transform binocular astronomy — eliminating arm fatigue, holding the view rock-steady, and protecting your investment when you're not under the sky. Here's what Farpoint stocks.
Far-Sight Mount Adapter
A precision stainless-steel quick-release that puts your porro-prism binoculars on any tripod or parallelogram mount in seconds. Built far more rigidly than a bent-steel L-bracket, with an integrated finder rail on top. Sky & Telescope Hot Product 2007.
Best for: Anyone wanting their binoculars on a tripod or our UBM. Most porro-prism binoculars with a 1/4-20 tripod socket.
Universal Binocular Mount (UBM)
A precision aluminum parallelogram mount built for serious binocular astronomy. Adjust eyepiece height across a wide vertical range without losing your target — share the view at any height. Made in the USA.
Best for: Binoculars of any size — great for smaller binoculars, essential for larger ones. Holds the view rock-steady, eliminates arm fatigue, and makes sharing views easy.
JMI Binocular Travel Cases
Foam-fitted hard-shell travel cases for premium giant astronomy binoculars. JMI joined the Farpoint family in 2017 — these cases are now designed and built in our USA facility, carrying on three decades of JMI's protective-transport heritage. Standard or Deluxe with retractable handle and inline wheels.
Best for: APM MS 25×100 and APM 28×110 binoculars. Travel, storage, long-term protection.
Far-Sight vs. UBM — which do I need?
Far-Sight and UBM solve different problems. The Far-Sight is an adapter — it gets your binoculars onto any tripod, head, or mount with a precision quick-release interface, and adds a finder rail on top. The UBM is the mount itself — a parallelogram that holds the view rock-steady, eliminates arm fatigue, and lets you share views across any height range. The UBM is great with smaller binoculars and essential for larger ones. Many observers run both: the UBM as the mount, the Far-Sight as the binocular-to-mount interface.
Built to last
Far-Sight, UBM, and JMI cases are all designed and built in the USA by Farpoint. JMI — founded by Jim Burr in Denver, known for transport cases, Wheely Bars, MotoFocus, and other astronomy innovations — joined the Farpoint family in 2017, bringing three decades of design heritage into our brand portfolio.