Some say Wind River Cascades and some simply say Cascades on them...is there a difference between the two?

Couldn't tell you if there is a difference.
I personally don't like them.

What do you not like about them?

I was wrong.. Looks like Leupold did some improvements over the last year.Havn't look threw them in quite some time.Now the roof prism models are phasecoated and they are made in Japan.I looked through them tonight and they are actually a good buy for the money.I took home a pair of Nikon monarchs to test them against as well. I think they see better than the monarchs now.Personally I'd take them over the monarchs just because the Cascades are made in Japan.I was also impressed with the interpupilary distance, very impressive.Leupold actually pulled this one off in alot of ways for the price.If you get the roof prism bino, Get the bino that has the phase coating sticker!!!Cause the old models are still out in force.

Thanks for the info!