Ha! Nice to hear some good honest opinions. But there’s no way I’ll spend $3000+ on binoculars. So far I’ve tried and passed on the nikon monarch 7 and zeiss terra eds, and have ordered the vipers and the Leupold BX-4s–apparently they are the absolute best in this price range. I’ll try them out and keep the ones I prefer... also found a place in Burnaby that carries the Kowa line and their new bdii line looks interesting. I’d stick with Nikon but the monarch 7’a didn’t pop for me–and they won’t warranty my broken 13 year old monarchs so I’m moving on.