The view thru my EL 8.5x42 Field Pro is fantastic, as well as the view thru my EL 10x42 Field Pro. I like the new rubber armor as well as the new objective covers and the new Field Pro neck strap, but I am not sure yet if I like the new eyepiece cover, so for now I have been using a Leica eyepiece cover from back in the 1990's on the EL 8.5's and EL 10x42's as well as on a old 1990's Swaro SLC 8x30WB MK II ( I have three of the Leica eyepiece covers, and I recall in a forum someone stating that specific Leica eyepiece cover was one of the best eyepiece covers of any brand binocular ever made. It sure fits all three Swaro's like a glove. It smoothly with no effort (force) slides on or off, yet when on, if you turn any of the three Swaro's upside down the Leica eyepiece cover stays put and will not fall off.
Kind of funny though on my part is that I own the Swaro BTX and it uses the same eyepiece cover as the EL Field Pro's, and I have just been using the standard Swaro eyepiece cover with the BTX.
As far as the padded case included with the new EL Field Pro's, I like the quality of it, but just like MandoBear, I like a case with an internal divider (pocket) as I like to place the neck strap in the pocket.
Maybe I am just to picky, but sometimes you adjust things to make it work better for you, as an example, I have a pair of the latest ( now discontinued I believe ) Bushnell Elite 10x42 binoculars, and as I read in other reviews and found out by my own use the adjustable eyecups do not hold in place when extended, they fairly easily creep down, so I fixed this issue by putting a set of the Swarovski winged eyecups on the Elites and now the eyecups stay fully extended.
Bottom line is, I love that Swarovski glass. Fantastic View.