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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ksmit123" data-source="post: 3469320" data-attributes="member: 135185">Thanks Steve,The majority of binoculars you mentioned have not come up in this discussion.For the sake of the conversation I have always favoured (and always will) range/magnification compared to field of view, it has always been blatantly obvious to me that simply being able to see something at a greater distance compared to a larger/wider view is far more appealing and far far more useful. That being said, I do want to acquire a smaller, compact bird watching binocular for variety in comparison to my favoured magnification/size of 10x42.I agree, binocular vs binocular can be less productive than beneficial, nor do I want to keep bringing the discussion back to price but when comparing the Meopta MeoPro HD 8x32 to the Kite Lynx HD 8x30 and the Maven B3 8x30, the Meopta MeoPro is cheaper as a unit, has considerably cheaper postage price and has the warranty and history of a major, proven binocular brand.In regards to what is most important, performance, from what I've read in my research the Meopta MeoPro can easily hold it's own compared to the best performing 8x30's (8x30/32/33/36) binoculars.</blockquote>