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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Julian61" data-source="post: 3382440" data-attributes="member: 116235"><p>I bought a pair of SF 8x42 last month and feel very happy with them.  I've never owned Swaros, just tried them out in several retailers and realise optically they're different in colour cast but just as good.  All the comments about build quality don't seem to apply to the unit I bought though I suppose it's early days.  What I would say is that the SFs are a delight to hold and a dream to focus, important to me as I 've been used to holding very heavy Trinovids.  I like the overall look of them but realise this is personal taste to a degree.  Optically, I can't imagine an image I'd be much happier with.  I'm posting here as I feel that in contrast to other posters on this thread I'm very much a layman in my knowledge but one who really loves this product.  I would recommend them to anyone.  Immersive FOV too!</p></blockquote><p></p>