It's your money obviously, but if I had $1200 to spend on binos it wouldn't be a Vortex anything. You can find one of the best binos made, a demo Zeiss FL, for about the same money. You can also find a Cabelas Meopta HD for $1000. Don't forget about a used/demo SLCneu from swaro for around $1200. If you can find a Leupold GR HD you'll find one of the very best, most underrated hunting binos made. They're tough to find, but worth the wait around $500 or so. Good luck, just my opinion.
Agreed, i own the Primes and Swaro's and while the Primes are excellent in there price bracket they aren't Swarovski or Zeiss good! Close but, no!
