I don't knock the Outdoor Life comparisons. These are real shoot outs with a minimum of 5 "experts" for each category. Outdoor Life started these comparisons about 4 years ago and stated in the first one ever "If the manufacturer feels that we have done a disservice to their product then they may send us another or make improvements and try again next year."
They do a fall comparison of guns (rifles and shotguns)/bows/binoculars/spotting scopes/rifle or shotgun scopes. They do the same in the spring with rods/reels/line/outboard motors.

I haven't seen any other outdoor magazine have the balls to do something like this. I think ALL outdoor magazines should do this but they don't and won't. Kudo's and a huge thank you to Outdoor Life for stepping up and doing what others won't.