The clerk is a [bleep] moron, but most are.
The 10x50 EL is the clearest glass on the market IMHO. That being said, leica still makes bino's but the Noctovids (Top end) aren't in many stores (I've never laid hands on a set) that being said the ranging glass and trinovids are still pretty common. The Ziess in the Victory are nice, not very impressed with the rest of them.
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I have 4 pair of Swaro bino's, great glass. The Leica Noctovids are very nice, and don't skip past the Zeiss Victory SF's in 10x42...a huge field of view, love them too.
