I bought a pair of the Columbia Kruger 8x42 from Cameraland for my friend's daughter after reading the glowing reviews. A few weeks ago I finally got hands on them when I met up with my buddy from CA on a Wyoming deer hunt. I stacked them against my Vortec Diamondback 8x42's. They might be close but IMO ... the Diamondback's had better resolution and it didn't take more than quick glance to see the difference. For $60.00 the Krugers are a good value though.
I'll say this too. The one thing my Diamondback's fall short on is resolution. You get what you pay for. Other than that they're a very decent bino. I compared the Vortec and Leupold Acadia before I bought them and they were very very close but the tint in the Diamondback's provided a slightly brighter view. I wish I could have compared the ZRS to these two. From everything I've read though they're in the same ballpark.
