“Good binoculars - but no hard case (essential - i had to buy one seperately (NOT Swarovski). Would not have bought if I had know no longer supplied with a case.”
“Swarovski crippled the 8.5 EL by making the minimum focus distance worse on the latest model (3.3m on the newer model vs 1.5m on the older model). I thought the newer model was supposed to make improvements to the older model, and I am very disappointed to find out otherwise.”