G'day all,
This one is on behalf of a work colleague of mine. He's intending to dig deep into the exchequer and get some new bins. It would appear that we currently have a three horse race between Leica (10x), Swarovskis (pardon my spelling) and Bausch and Lomb Elites. I'm fairly familiar with the other two, but the B&Ls are something that I've never had the pleasure to peer through.
Has anyone out there got a pair/had a pair, or able to offer any pearls of wisdom as to the relative merits of those mentioned?
Cheers for this,
I have never looked at the B&L's, but I have looked at the 10x42 Swarovskis and I have a pair of 8x32 Leicas, picked up second hand. I have to say that if your friend is after the best possible pair then I'd say out of the two the Swarovskis are the best, with the Leicas not far behind. Really it's a question of picking up both pairs to compare side by side and seeing which suits him/her personally. The B&L's may suit better. All of them are quality products in terms of optics.
Hello Simon
I much preferred the Leica's to the Swarovski's. I tried different models by both makers when purchasing a new pair. I found the Leica's much brighter than the Swar's. Granted, they were a bit heavier, but the optics of the Leica's did it for me. I went for a new pair of 8x42BNs, and haven't looked back. Didn't try the Bausch & Lomb's - not sure why, though.