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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chill6x6" data-source="post: 3263875" data-attributes="member: 130888">Mainly because that is what I used mostly out in Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Montana, and such big game hunting.  Used the heck out of the SLC and Geovid, which is optically better than the SLC.  If one is interested in details, I feel magnification is where it's at paired with quality optics.I even use 10X while birding the most.  I can't imagine using anything less than 10X while looking at waterfowl.  Also during the fall, winter, and spring 10X is huge with the foliage gone.In the summer months I've been known to carry two pairs of binoculars.  I used to carry the 10X42 AND 7X42 SLC….now THAT'S a LOAD!  Currently the 10X42 HT and one of my smaller 8X32s are more manageable.<img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/chill6x6/stuff/websize/IMG_1109.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>