Thanks Kingston I think that makes the point as well as anything could.
I used to think like SB but tried some compact 7.5xs one time and it made a believer of me.
Great tips here fellas I marked those Athalons. I have a very nice pair of Vortex 8x42mm but they’re huge and bulky for sitting in a deer stand in tight cover; great for sitting on a western hillside with a tripod. Gonna get me a pair of those Athalons!