Personally,I'm sticking with my 10x-42mm binos because: I cannot afford excellent binos (just decent 1s) so to get resolution I need I've got to go with 10x,my vision is going downhill so there's a magical point somewhere between 8x and 10x which enables me to "see" stuff that I can't with the lower power binos,also,95% of the time when I'm hunting,I usually have a rest closeby-even if it's nothing more than a tree trunk or good size limb to brace on. Also,the 4.2 exit pupil is just bright enough that when it gets dark enough that they "go dark",it signals end of legal shooting hours. I've been using 10x binos for YEARS so I'm pretty well used to them.