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Message: <blockquote data-quote="oldfortyfive" data-source="post: 3470150" data-attributes="member: 129885">I was out this weekend with three binoculars and a tripod mount. They were a new pair of Swaro EL 12x50's, last gen Swaro EL 10x32 and a Vortex Viper 10x42HD's. I had targets set up at 25, 50 and 100 yards. The Vipers, I consider very good, but I was surprised by how noticeably sharper the little Swaro 10x32's were. The difference was really noticeable at 100 yards. The Swaro's also have a better FOV. I could not detect any better low light performance in the larger Vortex ones on this overcast day. Considering the Swaros are about 3x the cost of the Vipers, the question is the better performance worth 3x the cost? Only you can answer that one. Other interesting thing to note was the 12x50's did an equal or better job resolving bullet holes at 200 yards than my Leupold 6.5-20 scope did at 20x :t:.</blockquote>