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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PhilR." data-source="post: 3222033" data-attributes="member: 118722"><p>If you never get a chance to audition anything else, then you will think your Terra is pretty good, and you will most likely be very happy with it.  And happiness is what counts, after all.  But the Terra is a mediocre binocular for it's price, and you can do a lot better for the same price, or just as good for less.  A Leupold Hawthorne or Mojave is a better binocular.  Even the Cabela's-branded version of the Mojave is a better binocular.  And the Z-R ED3 is a *much* better binocular for essentially the same price.  The original Endeavor ED is a slightly better bino, and can still occasionally be found for under $200.  I would be willing to bet that most people would prefer a Monarch 5 over the Terra.  All of these can be found within your price range (I won't recommend anything above your price range).     Heck - even a $79 Olympus 8x40 EXPS1 is a muuuuch better bino than the Terra, although this is a heavy porro that I'm sure you would not be interested in.</p></blockquote><p></p>