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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1382544" data-attributes="member: 56622">I was just looking over the new Eagle Optics website.  I finally noticed there was a sort by best selling button.  Yeah I know, I'm probably the last person here to figure that out. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  But after using it a little, I noticed something interesting.  Every manufacturer who sells both porro and roof prism binoculars has more porro prism glass in their top ten sellers than roofs.  I think this is solely a price consideration, as when the manufacturer, like Vortex, has no porros, the cheap ones are at the top.  However, it does seem to run counter to the oft heard comment that "porro prism binoculars don't sell".  It seems to me to say yes they will, particularly when the 6x and then the 8x Yosemite are the top selling thing listed for Leupold. I think that is largely a quality vs price thing that the Yosemite just about whacks all comers.</blockquote>