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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dustyview" data-source="post: 1487550" data-attributes="member: 76316"><p>Funny, but ZR just removed the 32mm specs from that page.  Maybe they're not sure about making them?  I should add a plug here for the Vortex Hurricanes.  Although (as posted before) the 10x examples I got were poor, the 8x are enjoyable.  I was able to do a side-by-side with my new ZRS 10x42 yesterday, including viewing long and short-distance subjects (50' to about 2 miles), IDing birds, scanning fields and brush-covered hills, etc.  The ZRS were a little better for everything, but the Hurricanes were fine, and a pleasure to use as long as the IPD is set correctly.  There was a bit of stray light, but I had to be within about 15 degrees of the sun, and it could be easily controlled by slightly angling the binoculars.  The Hurricanes actually had a more even edge-to-edge sharpness than the ZRS (I've emailed ZR about this - it may just be the sample I received).  They're quite a deal at the $80 closeout price (or especially if you got a pair for $60 from Jayhawk, as I did).</p></blockquote><p></p>