<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I agree with Scot on the Vortex! Great Binos and Great customer service!!<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 24, 2024, at 10:01 PM, Scott Downes <downess@charter.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">I’d recommend looking at Vortex Razor HDs. For mid priced binoculars their quality is great and the Vortex service policy is about the best in the business.<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Scott Downes<div>Downess@charter.net</div><div>Yakima Wa</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 24, 2024, at 11:34 AM, Steve Loitz <steveloitz@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">+1 to Tom's reco of 8x42 Nikon M7, which to my eye has the best optics of any full size bins at that price point. The wide FOV is great. Note that Tom's link is about the previous Monarch 7, which the M7 replaced. I'm a Zeiss guy (8x32 FL is my #1 bin), but I'd surely rank the 8x42 M7 over the 8x42 Terra.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Steve Loitz</div><div>Ellensburg, WA</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 10:46 AM Tom Benedict <<a href="mailto:benedict.t@comcast.net">benedict.t@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It’s hard to beat the Nikon Monarch line. M5 or M7 8x42. I have both. The M7 have an especially wide field of view. And they are not too heavy. Here’s link to a bird forum compare which may help, although it’s from 2015. <a href="https://www.birdforum.net/threads/8x42-zeiss-terra-ed-vs-nikon-monarch-7-detailed-comparison-from-an-optical-engineer.316696/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.birdforum.net/threads/8x42-zeiss-terra-ed-vs-nikon-monarch-7-detailed-comparison-from-an-optical-engineer.316696/</a><br>
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Tom Benedict<br>
Seahurst, WA<br></blockquote></div></div>
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