Maybe the new SF's are better, but the pairs I've looked through the last couple years are not impressive for what they cost. They have pincushioning at the edges that's very noticeable, they were noticeably darker than the EL's or HT's, and they sill have a slightly blue tint. Not to mention that the eye cups and rubber armor felt like they belonged on a high end bushnell and not a 2500.00 set of glass.