Good question, and somewhat related to my post regarding the "3 little bears."
Given that most of my hunting does not involve the need for binoculars, my experience with them is less than that with scopes. However, that said, I would say that, just like I believe that leupold scopes are mildly overpriced in the market, so to do I believe the same of their binos.
I encourage you to take a look at the Nikon Monarch binos. They have excellent glass and have served me very well. However, I am not aware of how light you need binos to be, so just look at the specs.
Keep in mind that with Binos, I believe that quality optics are more important than with scopes. Why? Because, as most people will tell you, if you look through Bino "X" with poor optics, then your eyes will hurt or at least cause fatigue during longer time of glassing. However, if you look through Bino "Z" with great optics, then you can look longer as it won't cause stress on your eyes. With scopes, although optics is still very important, you are really only looking through it for about 30 seconds, or less, depnding on the shot.
Zachar
