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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sancho" data-source="post: 1317051" data-attributes="member: 27039">Hi graham, my tuppence-ha´penny is...get the 10x35 EII while you can. Can the Bino-Santy help out there? They´re my favourite 10x bin (and I´ve owned Swaro EL 10x42!). They are far more comfortable in my hands than the 8x30EII, the FOV is huge for a 10x (when I first tried them on delivery, I was convinced there was some mistake...I thought they´d sent me an 8x bin in error because of the wide FOV!). I love the extra punch of magnification (I started off a dedicated 10x fan, and moved onto 8x, probably persuaded by Tero...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />), and I found them sharper than any roofs with which I´ve compared them.  Like Henry, I don´t notice any weight difference. I took them out last weekend and thought "What the hell do I need new EL/HD´s or EDG´s for when I have these?". (I hope I still think that when the new top-alphas finally come out). Best Wishes!Teamgs: congrats on your purchase, I hope you´re delighted with them and get many years superb use from them!</blockquote>