Swarovski Optik SLC (10x42) Binocular

Pros: Best optical investment you will ever make. Your outdoor experience will be so much better.
Cons: Slightly heavier than the EL by 4 oz.

Ok folks heres the bottom line. Its called Swarovski. The whole presentation is fabulous. They are crisp, bright, and detailed. They fit your hand like a glove, and are just plain great. I shopped for months and the EL's are very nice and a little lighter, but not neccessary. I just could not see the optical difference spending another 350-400 dollars. And the SLC are smaller overall. More compact. I use them for deer and wildlife viewing. Primary reason is hunting, but looking is becoming alot more fun. You can see every hair or feather on whatever critter you are looking at. Save your money and get these. SUPER, LIGHT, AND COMPACT. SLC. Shop around. I found a dealer who gave alot of freebees and it made spending the extra $ worth every penny. WWW.OPTICSSPOT.COM I tried Kahles, Nikon, Leica. The Leica Ultravid is great too, but too expensive. Zeiss and Steiner are good, but not as good as Swarovski. The SLC is just a perfect product for the hunter who wants the perfect binocular, and you really need the 10 power. 8 is not enough. LOL

Pros: cost less than the EL's, takes in a lot of light, great optics.
Cons: should come with a hard case for storage and transporting.

I my search for a binocular I would not want to upgrade in a few years I focused my search on Swarovski Optics. I was set to buy 10x42 EL's. I wanted to use them primarily for white tail hunting, so capturing light in the early and late hours was vary important to me. Dan from mirakeloptical.com was extremely helpful, he suggested looking at the well proven SLE's. He told me they now had swarobright coating that would not only perform as well as the EL's, but would save me around $400. I did check around for a good price and he was less than anyone. I have the SLE's and am vary happy with them. This year I harvested a doe and a nice 8 pointer. THANKS DAN.