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Message: <blockquote data-quote="typo" data-source="post: 3536292" data-attributes="member: 83808">A porro prism design like the Opticron Savanna WP or the Nikon Aculon mentioned will offer more performance per pound than the straight roof prism designs, which need both mirror and phase coating to their prisms to produce comparable performance. Phase coating usually pushes up the price to £140 or more though models like the Barr and Stroud Sierra can be found for less. Opticron's cheapest Phase coated modelmis the T3 Trailfinder at £139. Nikon's cheapest would be the Prostaff 7s at about £180, though the very likable 8x30 version can be found for about £130.I don't think there is a UK Sightron stockest for the moment, and it would cost over £200 to import. Nature Quest has the Kenko OP DHII 8x32 version at £169. I checked out the even pricier Fujinon  version recently, and was impressed with it's sharpness, but can't be absolutely sure the Kenko would be the same.Good luck,David</blockquote>