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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sollas" data-source="post: 3587339" data-attributes="member: 67713">Well, as many have advised time after time the only way to really check your ideal binocular is to test them in the flesh.I've just compared the Zeiss 10x42HT, Leica Ultravid 8x32 and Swaro EL 10x32 along with some others.It wasn't even a contest...... optically, easy of use, field of view, feel in hands..... yip you've guessed it...the EL's are in a league of their own. I genuinely didn't expect the difference to be this obvious. The relaxed view is just beautiful an din truth there's not much between the EL 8x32 and 10x32. Both are quite stunning.The Victory HT's were ok, but too big and heavy and optically I don't see any advantage over the EL, infact they were slightly duller.....oir maybe less sharp. Ultravids were actually a bit dull in comparison. In fact I quite liked the Conquest HD's, a very nice bin for the money.The one aspect where my Nikon 8x32SE did still reign supreme was the focus wheel. None of the above are as smooth as the Nikon. I didn't realise just how good and smooth it really was. The HT focus wheel actually felt a bit notchy.So where do I go now......do I also try one of the 10x32 Nikons.... there doesn't seem to be anything in the gap between M7's and EDGThis is a sort of an evolution of a Zeiss thread now I guess....</blockquote>