Wildman is right, any is better than nothing and more is better when you need it. And I have a small pair or Tasco's in a BOB.

I don't know much about Bino's but recently inquired with some of my 'in the know' hunters and hikers. My thought was why do some pairs of 10x42 cost $100 and others $700. I found it comes down to ability to draw light into shadowed or darker areas using different gasses and glass coatings.

I think for the price ~$24, its worth the investment to have something around, it that is within your impulse buy limit.

For about that price I just bought the Brunton 7x18 monocular for my EDC bag at REI. I am really impressed so far. Its great for about 150 yards but that's more than enough for EDC. I was able to inherit a pair of 8x42(?) Steiners that are military issue and have a high speed coating on them and they are good to about, geesh, I think 600 yards when I used them on a boat last month.