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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buz" data-source="post: 1485750" data-attributes="member: 76519">Your comment is so true.  This is exactly how I use my Ultravid 10x25's.  FWIW, I first got the Nikon 10x25 LX L and returned them for the Ultravid 10x25's.  Of course I wanted to save some money and perhaps it's true that the image quality is similar, but to be quite frank I though the Nikons were ugly, bulky(even when folded) and most of all, the Nikons do not have the rubber coating on the barrels; They are bare metal. When you set them down on any hard surface it really jars the binocular.  Yes I paid a lot more for the Leicas, but they are so comfortable, they fold up nicer, are fully coated with rubber, and are much more pleasing to look at and hold in my opinion.  After all, I plan on having these for many, many years.</blockquote>