LOL......IL -Cornfed....
I'm laughing really hard at this as well...
How a Nikon Monarch that breaks, can make the cut e (and get second nomo on the same thread)is beyond me...[]
I can care less how bright anything is, if its broken its useless..
Finding a bino that you can see through for extended lenghts of time isTHE most important thing.....
SHOCKPROOF WATERPROOF AND BRIGHTNESS FOLLOW.......
To do this you must schedual at least 1 full day and do nothing but look through bino's.....
Nobodies built the same, but one thing holds true, bino's cause eyefatigue, that lead to headaches to everyone,eventually,so pick something that suitsyou and your needs so it doesn'tan early return from the field......
Swaro's Leica and Zeiss are where I'd end.......
A good place to startwith fine reputations, (which would be the first place I'd start to look at,) would be the Pentax DCF SP's and B&L DISC....
Compare everything else(cheaper and higher these lines/models) to these bino's (I mentioned)....
And you'll see what I mean..
I consider them to be theBasic Standard thata quality bino's should be.
AND THE BEST BINO"S FOR YOUR DOLLAR....
Higher end models should be noticably better(often aren't), and lower end should be (will be)noticeably worse....
Ifall your doing is looking up to 150yrds stick with the 8X 30's/8x32.
Still give you a 4mm exit pupil, which is more than enough for hunting legallly...
You don't need anything bigger, and they are cheaper in price
which (if your on a budget) allows you to still get quality bino...