I got the Bresser Everest 8x42 today. All I can say is WOW! These are the best Chinese binoculars I have ever seen and by far the best value in binoculars around. The whole package is great and everything works. The objective covers work great, the rainguard works good, the strap is nice and the case is great. I really like the clamshell case. It is light and not too big and offers great protection. It has a zipper which seals out the dust and it is just one of the best simplistic binocular case I have ever seen. Now to the binoculars. The ergonomics on these are great. To me the Swarovski EL is the best binocular ergonomically around and I would put this one on par with the EL. Great armouring with an open bridge and excellent balance because it is shorter than most roofs. The focus is smooth and precise and not too hard. The diopter setting is great and the IPD friction is perfect. Just a great package as Frank says. Now to the optics. The optics on these are amazing at this price point. In fact I would put them on par with the Swarovski EL and I would even say that because of the ED glass they are sharper on-axis than the EL. These things have a beautiful BIG FOV. The ED glass definitely takes roof prisms to another level. I compared them to the Celestron Granite 7x33 and I MUCH MUCH prefer these. The Granite does have a slightly bigger sweet spot but it falls off abruptly at the edge creating a "Ring of Fire" or a fuzzy edge that is very noticeable when even looking on-axis. It is really bothersome. The Bresser has almost the exact same size sweet spot and fall off at the edge as the Swarovski Habicht. It is more gradual and never gets as bad as the Granite. I get NO blackouts with the Bresser either. It has perfect eye relief and very nice eyecups that fit perfectly in my eyesockets. These are definitely keepers for me. I find them way more desireable than the Sightron Blue Sky II. If I was one of the big three meaning Swarovski, Zeiss or Leica I would be very, very scared because these vchinese binoculars are very close and getting closer to the alpha's. Frank deserves a lot of credit in finding these and doing all the research he does to find excellent values like these. These binoculars are worth four or five times what they are selling for. I highly recommend these and I would get a pair if I were you before they are sold out.