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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malloot" data-source="post: 3566033" data-attributes="member: 35605">I stood for the same decision as you are right now. I was looking for the ultimate binoculars for my dusk and nighttime badger observations. My lineup were the:Leica Ultravid 8x50Zeiss Conquest 8x56Zeiss Victory HT 8x54Swarovski SLC 8x56The Leica was simply to dark in the dim lit part of the shop of Jan van Daalen / House of Outdoor obviously and was put aside immediately.The Victory HT / Conquest / SLC were left. The HT seemed a bit darker than the Conquest and SLC and also didn't felt so well balanced which would annoy me if I have to keep te bins for many minutes in front of my eyes observing badgers. So, also the HT was put aside. Left were the Conquest and the SLC. To be honest this was a tough decision. The Conquest was just a shade (in the poorly lit shop) darker, but had a very smooth and precise focus knob. The SLC was just a bit brighter, but the focus knob was a bitter stiffer. Also the price difference was tempting to pick the Conquest over the SLC and I really had a discussion with myself if this amount of money was worth it, for that tiny bit of extra brightness. In the end my wife was the smartest of us both, as always. She told me to buy the SLC, since I would get used to the focus knob and I would ever be doubting if the SLC was a better choice when it would be really dark. So I ended up with the SLC and a few months later I was watching my badgers in the dark with a friend, with a Conquest, and he was suggesting to go home, because it became to dark to see anything and I was surprised because I had still quite good vision over the badger sett and we exchanged the bins for a while and the tiny bit in the shop, made a huge difference in the real dark world and the extra sum of money was well spend on the SLC. For me the best buy ever.Ps. Previously I owned a  pair of Swarovski 7x42 and I really liked it. Very nice bright lightweight binoculars, BUT! I bought new, bigger, glasses and I saw a lot of black spots in my view. An issue where they are known for. But if you don't wear glasses or glasses which are close to your eyes, you should try them and be amazed.</blockquote>

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