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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Craig H" data-source="post: 3210481" data-attributes="member: 30046">I 'upgraded' from my 10x42 BA's last autumn. I have to say the guy who owns my local optics store was totally neutral - he gave me the Leica UV, Zeiss HT and the Swaro SV's to look at, answered my questions and did as I would expect - let me make my own decision.I had fully intended on going in to buy Leica. I very nearly bought Zeiss but came out with Swaro's. I suspect if Leica had released their HD plus model a few moths earlier I would have bough those as they are a lot more compact than the SV's and personally I think better to hold. At the time though the SV's and the Zeiss were optically better - the improvement of the UV's over my BA's was just not enough to justify spending the cash. The difference between the BA's and the others though was marked. However - I still like and have seriously considered selling my SV's to get the new HD Plus. My experience with my BA's (now about 19 years old) and my scope (now about 15 years old) has been just about perfect.</blockquote>