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Message: <blockquote data-quote="perterra" data-source="post: 3180748" data-attributes="member: 103709">I get your point, I think if many here applied the logic for binocular choices to what they drove there would be a load of $200,000 vehicles sold. For me the Yosemite is akin to my Kawasaki KLR650 or the Chevy WT1 (work truck). It's not highly refined, it wont impress anyone, if dennis hung one on his neck he wouldnt walk with his head up and chest out like he does with swaro. Just a tool that seems to work pretty good and hold up well. The view from the conquest is certainly better, but ease of handling, size and light weight along with a very lenient eye postion makes them very easy to use. My wife picks them every time over the Zen Primes or Zeiss Conquest. She has asked me to take them out of the truck and move them back to the top of the refrigerator by the back door. I just cant imagine that I would be terribly handicapped if a 6X or 8X Yosemite was all I had.Keeping in mind I havent tried out the vast numbers of binoculars most here have tried, I guess the only way to answer is it would be the last binocular I get rid of.</blockquote>