LOL Hahaha,
Thanks, looks like you immediately made up your mind. Same here, the first look through a pair of binoculars has to be WOW! If it's not, you'll have to look further. Everyone's eyes are different, I've not tried the Bushnell 7x26's, but maybe if I did I'd like them tremendously.
I've got immense pleasure from my Pentax Papilios 6.5x21 but even the length of the strap seems to make a difference to my eyes. Short-strapped they perform less well than 4 inches longer. How can that be?
I've even experimented with the twist-up eyecups, the left one a little bit out and the right one fully down, to get an even touch on my (apparently a-symmetrical) specs and I can notice a difference in the image.
I'd never take another bin that hasn't got twist-up/twist-down eyecups. It's just so much more convenient.
Best regards,
Ronald
What I don't get about the Bushnell Elite 7x26's is how they can have the same ER as the Olympus 8x25's but yet their eyecups only come out half as far. How in the xxxx is that going to ever work and give you the full FOV without blackouts?