I have gone through a ton of binocular's.... I have to say that the Steiners are my second choice... I have a pair of wind rivers (leupolds) which are my first... And I don't even like Leupold! Anyway, I think the Steiners are very durable and more ergonomic than any other pair, but I too agree that the glass quality is somewhat disappointing for something of that price... I have yet to look at the Sightrons, they are pretty inexpensive and I want to see how they look.