Swaro EL's versus the Swaro SLC's.......??
When the EL's first came out years ago I think they were touted as being an upgrade from the SLC's. Now I'm not so sure that's true even though they still cost more. Looking at the stats for a 10x42 EL vs. a 10x42 SLC the SLC's list a 91% light transmission number vs. 90% for the EL's. The SLC's are also 2.6 oz. lighter than the EL's at 27 oz. vs. 29.6 oz. I picked the 10x42's because that's the only exactly comparable size, otherwise it'd be 8.5x vs. 8x.
I own an older pair of SLC's and haven't compared the newest versions side by side to the EL's, but looking at the numbers I think I'd have to look real hard at both of them before I'd spring the extra money for the EL's, on paper it looks like the SLC's might have the edge.
