davidmil,
You should beable to pick up a pair of Swarovski 7 or 8 or 10 x 42 for Under a grand.
I don't think I'm shopping at the wrong place. A "very" good pair of 8x30's for $155.00. Might not be the best, but certainly top 3 if not top 5. Not even you, bino guru, can tell me that's a bad deal. You can stop right there though.
I'm not spending a little under a grand for binos. When my life and my kid is alittle more stable and have more $$ laying around and have the most of the toys I want and feel some $$ burning a hole in my pocket, then sure....what the heck? But not now. I don't need to see a whisker on a mosquito's a** at 1,000 yards.