RE: Quality Binoculars
Best advice.....don't look through a pair that you can't afford!!!
Because they will ruin you and you will find a way to afford them. Then your wife finds out that you spent more on them than you did her for Christmas and you get.......sorry. Got sidetracked!
I thought my nikon monarchs were as good as a man could possibly ever need and used them for years without remorse. Buddy of mine bought a pair of Swarovski's. That is the basis of my opening remark...beware when/if someone says "here, look through these and tell me what you think?" Next thing you know....you are looking at your old ones like an ugly girlfriend....that is about to be replaced!