Use them often. Whether it's to get a better look at a buck at a distance, positive ID, count points, watch birds, low light situations, check on other hunters moving through my woods, whatever. I'm just not pleased with my latest pair: Luepold Mesa sub compacts - the optics are just too small to gather light and I can see better with my naked eye the last 30min of light. I'm thinking about some Nikon Monarchs 10x32, or Leupold equivalents, when I get the money.