I have looked at the Bausch & Lomb Elite spotting scope and found them to be pretty good. I have never looked at the Burris scopes so I couldn't comment on them. I do have the Leupold Sequoia scope and found it to be all write for my use. The end result in my opinion is you pay for what you get. I have looked thru Swarovski spotting scope and found to be a tremendous difference in quality of optics. If only I had the $$$