madmike, I used to buy cheap Walmart optics and could not see a difference in high end optics and low end optics. After a year using these cheap optics they would fall apart or get fuzzy and I always had to close one eye to see adequately through them. I thought people were crazy if they spent $100.00 for a spotting scope or binoculars. But after years of shooting forkies and spikes I knew that I was somehow missing the boat. I was lucky to see a 4 x 4 in a whole hunting season. I finally started researching how other people were successful in harvesting a big buck every year. Well just about all of those people had quality optics and I should add that they knew how to use them. So I researched optics for a year and this is what I found.......cheap optics may seem to perform well in the store when you buy them but deteriorate quickly over a year or two. I found also that you can go to Sportmans Warehouse and take about 10 pair of binoculars outside with you and compare them as it is getting dark. You will find that the more expensive the glass is the better it performs. And ask yourself this....will that quality be there 5 or 10 years from now? This is where the manufacturers warranty comes into play. Buy something with a great warranty and check out thier reputation for honering the warranty. I have never heard of Konus and they may be a great pair of glass with a great warranty but research is important. I suggest buying something with a well established reputation for quality and customer support. Names like Leupold, Windriver, Pentax, are a couple that come to mind. Of course you also got the high end optics as well. But you definitely get what you pay for when it comes to optics. Hope this helps. fatrooster.
