I had the opportunity to try both and both are good. you can see better through the swarovski but the leica has a better and faster laser. swarovski laser is from overseas and is same as bushnell,nikon,etc. leica builds their own lasers. so if you are going to be using them to glass with you will like the swarovskis but if you just want to range the leica would be a good choie. I bought the leica 1200 and have been very pleased T.WARD