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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BruceH" data-source="post: 3446437" data-attributes="member: 106398">Knowing your often stated affinity for a wide field of view, I am at a loss to understand why you decided to evaluate the 8X model with a 377 ft FOV at a 1,000 yards.  This compares to a 423 FOV of your beloved Swaro EL SV 8X32.  It seems to me the 10X Toric with the wide 341 ft FOV would have been the better choice for your preferences.  It is also noticeably lighter at 27 oz compared to the 35 oz of your 10X50 Swaro EL SV.  You could then weigh the trade-offs between the possibly lesser optics of the Toric compared to the bulk and weight of the EL SV 10X50.  Somehow I think I know how this is going to turn out! :eek!:I agree with you on jgraider's review.  He has had the opportunity to look through a lot of different binoculars guiding many people and he is never bashful in expressing his opinion.</blockquote>