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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1387457" data-attributes="member: 56622">Frank,A few more day is certainly indicated.  Right now I am tending toward keeping the 8x ELX.  That is largely due to the presence of the repellent coatings, which I have demonstrated to my satisfaction the fact they work.  So that gives it a leg up  for cold, foul and wet weather.  That concern is for external fogging concerns, not internal.  I also am thinking pretty hard about keeping the 10x ZEN due to its obvious superiority to the 10x42 Viper.  Another possibility is keep both 8x glasses, using the Promaster and the ZEN side by side for time enough to decide which is the better of the two.</blockquote>