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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgraider" data-source="post: 3230757" data-attributes="member: 74263">Jerry, when it gets down to it I'm really a big old softie.  Years ago I "graduated" from a Leica Trinovid 10x42 BA, to a Gold Ring HD, a binocular I still own and use.  A few years after that is when the SLC HD came along, and LL Bean came out with a promotional 40% off so I had to have one.  I loved that one as well, from the ergos, glass, Swaro backing the product, etc.  Then came the Meopta HD, and I loved that one too.  To make a long story short, my nephew graduated from college so I gave him the GR HD.  My best bud from Louisiana's son graduated from college last year, so I gave him the Meopta HD.  My son graduated from college, so he inherited the SLC HD.  I still had another GR HD stashed away when Cabelas was blowing them out for $600, so that is what I used last year.   I wasn't necessarily in the market for SV's (as you know via PM's), but a local buddy's neighbor had a LNIB pair of 10x42's, I had two rifles he wanted, so we swapped.  Is that long winded enough for you?Anyway.  There are a few things I really, really like.  Now I have 54 yr old eyes, but obviously they are extremely sharp, I see no rolling ball in them, crisp and clear to the edges, and I really like the slow focus.  I can wring out the last bit of sharpness very easily, something I had a bit more of a struggle with when using the SLC HD's.  I've never really been hung up on the perceived advantages of a flat field, but it is very noticeably fantastic.....I really have come to like it.  It's a toss up as to whether I like the ergos better, but I'd still give a very slight edge to the SLC's.  Yes.....both of the focus mechanisms twist easier one way than the other.  Not a deal killer by any means, but it is noticeable.  The colors are more vivid through the SV's.  I will say this though, even though the view is a bit better through the SV's than these GR HD's, it's not by a huge margin.  Those GR's are a remarkably great binocular IMO, and have a much smoother focuser.</blockquote>

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