I'm wondering, why don't the higher brands ie.. Swarovski, Ziess, Leica,Nikon etc... have the higer powers more available. They may have some that I have'nt found butit seems for the most part they only go up to 10X42 and 12X42. I have a pair of Bushnell Powerviews that are 16X50 and some older Simmons that are 20X50 and I just bought a pair of Barska compacts that are 20X32. Now I know they are probably more expensive to makebut they can't be that much more, and if I had the choice to go for a pair of Nikon Monarchs at 16X50 for another 100 bucks or so I'd jump on it.

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