Buy the best quality your finances allow, keep a 7mm exit pupil diameter, with as high power as keeps the 7mm. Use roof prism, as they are lighter for the same power, and where possible, get rubber armored. If possible, use a scope that matches the Binocular, if not possible, the Binocular is most important. The glass is for the last 5 min. of the hunt( in the morning, it is getting lighter). My "wish" would be for 8x56 roof prism rubber armored Zeiss. Not being able to afford Zeiss, I would select the same features in a "lesser make". At the end of the day, with 7mm exit pupil in 8mm Binoculars; what you can see at 10m with your naked eye ,you can see at 80 with the glasses. You can see a deer with much less glass, but can you see if it is a doe or button buck, can you tell if it is 2 1/2 or 3 1/2 years old.
Mike
Last edited by Der Ami; 11/30/17 12:07 PM.
