I didn't have time to read all the posts, so this may be irrelavent, but for the money, I spent 249.00 on a set of Leupold WINDRIVER 10x40's. I live and hunt in a rather wet and foggy region in Northern Idaho. The clarity and fog resistance of these binocs are pretty impressive for the money spent. I have had cheaper, hated them, tried out more expensive and didn't really see a difference from the windrivers. Best of luck

Troy