It's quite a thing to have a compact that perform so well. I've heard "game changer" and now "life changer".
An observation: The Victory 8x25 has very vocal proponents on this forum! I've been reading threads [1] on the Swarovski CL Pocket 8x25 (B) as it appears a close match. There are more people saying it is very good than there are for the Zeiss [2], and the same enthusiastic Victory supporters keep popping up in each thread.
From which I conclude the number of Zeiss owners is much smaller than Swaro Pocket owners.
Gijs, yes I saw your reviews when originally researching compacts, although finding a way to easily translate was a bit of a challenge.
For next time, https://translate.google.com/ has a "Documents" option which allows you to upload a PDF and get it translated.
That was how I read the translation too. It also matches with the general opinion on these forums, if the number of people saying good things can be taken as an indicator.Going by memory I got the impression that the [Swarovski] CL 8x25 came out top in your [Gijs's] review.
Eventually I will find both in stock in the UK and see why so much fuss is made about the Victory Pocket 8x25 by some. Or not
Footnotes
1. Threads I've read on the CL 8x25
- https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=273733&highlight=8x25
- https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3339091&highlight=8x25
- https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3570470&highlight=8x25
- https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=361839&highlight=8x25
- https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3270638&highlight=8x25
2. Including at least one person who says that about every new pair they own...
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