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I thought about this for 6 months as it was soooo much money for a set of bino's and I didn't want to make a mistake. I understood the pro's and con's as described above and ended up with the 10x's. I think it was the best decision for me because I have never wondered what it would be like to have less power. But if I had bought the 8X's ... I would have always wondered should I have bought more power ... Go 10X and never look back.
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I've got the ED3 Zenray in 10x42 and they are great glass as good as almost everything I've looked through but when I looked through cat slayers Swarvos in 8 power I was sold on less handshake and better glass for me at least. The ability to have a hold that didn't bounce around when your breathing hard made up for more horsepower. I've got a set of 8x36 as well now and they are easier to look through when your on the hill and puffing like an old steam engine.
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Yeah I love the 8x. If I need to look at something a bit closer like tahr/cham horns I will look through my scope at 22x... cant see how you can make a call on tahr or cham heads any better with 10x than 8x, its not that bigger gain.
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Looking through my Leupold VX-6 2-12x scope on 8x then 10x shows up as quite a difference, a lot more than I thought it would. I suppose a 25% increase in magnification should be significant and it is.