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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3178921" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>I got rid of the Swarovski 8x30 CL because of redundancy. The Swarovision 8x32 is better and I would always grab it instead. It is bigger but NOT that much and the view is worth it. The bigger FOV and sharp edges and total lack of CA make it better. I had a Monarch 7 8x30 but as you said I got rid of it because of glare problems. Just curious to see if the Maven is better than the Nikon Monarch 7 8x30 and CL 8x30 but I will have to go by memory which will be difficult. Anyway Steve is getting a lot of heat for bringing to our attention a new line of binoculars that look to be pretty good. He deserves some credit for that. His review was very good and I don't think he would have lied about the Maven. The killer on the Monarch 7 was glare and the killer on the Swarovski CL was smallish FOV and too much eye relief. If this Maven can eliminate those problem areas it might be a nice small binocular. I don't expect it to equal the Swaro but that is all I have to compare it to.</p></blockquote><p></p>